A Stormont department spent almost a quarter-of-a-million pounds on a review of the stalled York Street Interchange scheme.
It brings the overall amount spent on the long-delayed road project in North Belfast to around £23million without a single sod being cut.
DUP MLA Phillip Brett hit out at former Sinn Fein and SDLP ministers who have overseen the project, claiming that time and public money has been "squandered".