Whoaccio
Senior Member
Re. 407 costs: That 100b number seems totally unrealistic. Highways built though Tokyo have lower land-acquisition costs, so I see no reason how something built through what (at the time) was farmland could be more expensive. I'm also suspicious you never see that number in any MTO documents, or mentioned in any of the contracts relating to the lease of the 407. The 407's audited SEDAR fillings only value their property & equipment at 2.3b. For the love of god, the ISS will cost only a little bit more in nominal terms (probably half in real terms), and it is in low earth orbit! The most likely explanation is that the MPP simply got confused about "millions" and "billions."
There is no way that the 407 land package cost more, in nominal let alone real terms, than:
135 Millau Viaducts
60-65 Space Shuttle Endavours
10 Next generation nuclear powered super carriers.
3 Three Gorges Dams.
2 times the total insurance claims brought on by 9/11
The entire ISS.
The entire Province of Ontario only has like 200 odd billion dollars do debt, and it is ridiculous to think 50% comes from the 407.
There is no way that the 407 land package cost more, in nominal let alone real terms, than:
135 Millau Viaducts
60-65 Space Shuttle Endavours
10 Next generation nuclear powered super carriers.
3 Three Gorges Dams.
2 times the total insurance claims brought on by 9/11
The entire ISS.
The entire Province of Ontario only has like 200 odd billion dollars do debt, and it is ridiculous to think 50% comes from the 407.