snowystar
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The cost of the SRT extension is $2.3B! This to refurbish a 6.5km line and a 3.5km extension. That is $230M/km for a line that is already mostly built. I always thought the total cost of this was $1.4B. It looks like the numbers are fudged to make the subway work out almost equal to the LRT.
I thought the cost was always 2.3B since the update in 2010? At least its shown here that escalated dollar for SRT replacement is 2.465B, not including the cost of the shared yard. This would be about 2.2B if you convert to 2011 dollars. Add in part of the yard, then 2.3B is about right...
Not sure where the 1.4B come from... was that the "original" cost?
I sure as shit don't get. I'm for retrofitting and extending anything elevated...but the costs are mind-boggling.
Looking at the construction plan, seems like the entire guideway will be rebuilt, save for the bottom half of each support column. So the actual cost is more like:
+ demolishing cost (of old system)
+ construction cost (of new system)
+ cost to speed up construction
- land cost
... instead of just land and construction normally.
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