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> our section of the rail to beyond 2040 Whoa, what's their explanation for it to take 23+ more years? That seems unreasonable.
by provost 9y ago
> our section of the rail to beyond 2040
Whoa, what's their explanation for it to take 23+ more years? That seems unreasonable.
- thescriptkiddie 9y agoMost likely lack of funds. They will collect taxes for ~20 years and then build it in the last ~3.
- samlevine 9y agoSeattle's modest light rail system is going to end up costing $50 billion. Ultimately Americans are just really bad at infrastructure and if you're not willing to spend 10x what other developed countries are you're not getting it.
- fatlasp 9y agoMy understanding is that the original idea was to do a partnership / use BNSF rails (for some reasonably "small" fee [I think I heard $30-40 mil]) which were preexisting but then BNSF decided that the rail could only be used during certain time windows when it wouldn't effect their industrial traffic; OR RTD could pay something like $550 million. Not sure if the 23 years is to collect the tax for that cost or what.