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==Funding== In June 2002 the official Fastway website was updated to show a cost of £27 million, with just under £10 million provided by the government.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021106192334/http://www.fastway.info/about_fastway/cost.htm Fastway - How much will it cost?<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In September 2003, the Go-Ahead group withdrew their £3 million commitment to the project. The government increased its contribution to cover this as well as other rising costs, raising its contribution to £16.642 million.<ref>[http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/CS/cabinet/Cab060104i4Appendix2.pdf West Sussex County Council - Local Transport Plan Settlement 2004-05] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012033/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/CS/cabinet/Cab060104i4Appendix2.pdf |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://crawleytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=496&ArticleID=1095425 Fastway Scheme is £6M Over Budget 27 July 2005]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> By July 2005, West Sussex County Council's share of the project's cost had increased five-fold from £6.2 million to almost £30 million, resulting in external audit and probe into the programme.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-07-22 |title=Inquiry into travel scheme costs |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4707511.stm |access-date=2023-03-18}}</ref> The inquiry found no wrongdoing by a single employee of the council when it concluded in December 2005, however did state that the council had "ineffective accountability, complacency, ineffective risk management and a lack of clear ownership of the financial management responsibilities".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-12-22 |title=Staff 'not to blame' for bus cost |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/4553724.stm |access-date=2023-03-18}}</ref>
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