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> The relevant number here is the cost to repave, not reconstruct, which is about $330,000-$350,000 per mile for a minor arterial road in a rural or urban area.
by clarry 7y ago
> The relevant number here is the cost to repave, not reconstruct, which is about $330,000-$350,000 per mile for a minor arterial road in a rural or urban area.
Sounds a tad more expensive than it needs to be. Skimming search results for my country (.fi), I get numbers ranging from 30 000 to 50 000 eur per kilometer. I know murican roads are wider, but I don't think they're that much wider. And I don't think we're particularly effective or cheap at doing it..
- viuphiet 7y agoI think it's because everything is far more spread out in the US.
- clarry 7y agoI don't understand why that would make a fixed length of road be so much more expensive, unless commute time for blue collar workers is compensated better than lawyers. Shipping a truckload of asphalt plus the required machinery can't be that expensive.