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Less than the amount it was to sabotage high-speed rail in California.

• zeroonetwothree 4y ago
  I think HSR was sabotaging itself well enough
  • femiagbabiaka 4y ago
    HSR is doing fine as far as big American infrastructure projects go. Building highways is typically even more costly and fraught, and yet nobody blinks an eye.
    • Spooky23 4y ago
      Great point. A four lane highway costs $12M/mile, plus about $1.5M to resurface every 8-10 years. Each overpass bridge costs $8-20M. That doesn’t include condemnation, etc. Rail should just be rolled into the normal interstate capital funds. Separate the “meta” infrastructure from the trains and stations and more will get done. Trains are a tough business because it’s such an old business.
  • runarberg 4y ago
    Self sabotage as in numerous ill faith law suites from municipalities, institutions, and private companies; non-cooperative utility companies and freight companies forcing ridiculous requirements such as the Hanford viaduct; a federal governments that only offers a nominal funding (and later withholds it when Trump comes into power); and then powerful people such as Elon Musk lying about having a better and cheaper alternative. I think you are giving CASHR too much credit here.