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lapfog_1

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15. allowing for cost overruns

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 12:29 PM

Jan 2018

assume the higher figure

365 miles from the 210 interchange to north of Sacramento or 3.65 billion to turn I-5 into a 6 lane highway.

Another 1 billion for more I-5 to I-680 through Tracy Livermore and Dublin/Pleasanton

$5 Billion total

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Cost climbs by $2.8 billion for California bullet train [View all] alp227 Jan 2018 OP

the original concept was LA to SF and no local svc to the valley. hi speed to compete with msongs Jan 2018 #1

It could never compete with air travel. tinrobot Jan 2018 #23

what would it cost to add a lane on I-5 lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #2

we have enough lanes on our freeways. It is way past due that we do what Europe, China, Japan and still_one Jan 2018 #8

The Western US is not Europe and China lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #16

Get rid of the cars. The Bay Area's commute is getting worse and worse, and LA is impossible. still_one Jan 2018 #18

$4 million to $6 million per mile in rural and suburban areas... LanternWaste Jan 2018 #14

allowing for cost overruns lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #15

Initial capital investment only, so far. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #17

This country should have a network of these trains already. The_Casual_Observer Jan 2018 #3

Hear, hear! BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #4

Well, depends on what you mean by 'value' ... generation of compliant flag-waving jarhead types ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #5

Yes it should have. still_one Jan 2018 #9

I think that public transit projects should be exempt from environemtnal regs AlexSFCA Jan 2018 #6

...says someone who's never had to do an environmental analysis. brooklynite Jan 2018 #11

That's a fucking terrible idea. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #12

You must not live near any mass transit lines? nt EarthFirst Jan 2018 #21

The sad thing is, by the time it is built.... yuiyoshida Jan 2018 #7

I don't think so, but regardless, it is for future generations. When the interstate highway system still_one Jan 2018 #10

So, I bet we get ours done in Texas first- Connecting Houston to Dallas snooper2 Jan 2018 #13

Many Central Valley farmers want that money spent on environmentally destructive water projects... hunter Jan 2018 #19

I rode on the SMART train for the first time today Downtown Hound Jan 2018 #20

So where's the money going to come from? ansible Jan 2018 #22

The project is dead ripcord Jan 2018 #24