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Re: "Just only" $1.4 Billion to build Staten Island North Shore & West Shore Lines? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Jul 13 02:48:52 2008, in response to Just only $1.4 Billion to build Staten Island North Shore & West Shore Lines, posted by GOLD_12th on Sun Jul 13 02:14:08 2008. Man, do they keep porking up the costs of these projects.The North Shore by itself is supposed to be $78 million per mile, using the $400 million estimate. For an existing railroad with high platforms and third rail. Seawalls appear to cost between $12-24 million per mile, so what's going to cost extra? Why build any railroad along the median of the West Shore Expressway, which is unpopulated, and which nobody can get to? (never mind the approximate cost of $84 million per mile) For these costs, you can tunnel under the Narrows and connect the R train to the south shore SIR, plus go under the Arthur Kill from Tottenville to Perth Amboy to connect with the NJCL. Light rail requires additional maintenance facilities; they can't share with the SIR, unless they convert that to "light rail" as well for who knows how much. |
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