Maryland estimates bridge replacement cost at $1.7 bln - $1.9 bln

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

May 2, 2024 4:27 PM EDT Updated an hour ago


WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - The state of Maryland said on Thursday it estimates it will cost $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion to rebuild a collapsed Baltimore bridge and anticipates it will be completed by fall 2028.

The Maryland Department of Transportation said the state's "planning level cost estimate is between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion" and said it "is in line with similar projects of this scale and complexity."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maryland-estimates-bridge-replacement-cost-17-bln-19-bln-2024-05-02/

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[maxsolomon]

1. Sounds about right. Giant projects don't happen overnight.

Congress in the hands of the GQP doesn't fund this.

Dems in charge, it moves to the front of a very long, expensive line: I-5 Columbia Crossing, I-75 Ohio Crossing...

[Aussie105]

2. Expect a budget over run on this one. There usually is.

And hopefully the new and improved design will be bump proof.

I'm hoping . . . lots of heavy concrete piers to make errant ships not get anywhere new the new bridge.

Designs! When can we see them?

[Mawspam2]

3. If anything, that sounds low.

You need to factor in speed-up bonuses.