It's quite a bit cheaper than that per-mile for the existing segment. Not sure where the above poster got "30 miles" from, since there are already 70 miles of t

It's quite a bit cheaper than that per-mile for the existing segment. Not sure where the above poster got "30 miles" from, since there are already 70 miles of track in service (Miami-W. Palm Beach). The $1.5 billion figure is for upgrades to the entire existing Miami-Cocoa corridor, which is 200 miles, so about $7.5m per mile in upgrades. Another $1.5b is budgeted to construct the new 40-mile line from Cocoa to Orlando, so that'll be $37.5m/mile for the new-construction portion if that comes in on-budget (remains to be seen).