Nobody said it's cheap, they said it's cheaper to maintain them than to build them. > The average cost to operate, maintain and periodically renew 1km of urban

Nobody said it's cheap, they said it's cheaper to maintain them than to build them. > The average cost to operate, maintain and periodically renew 1km of urban road in Auckland is approximately $60,000 per year. https://blog.midwestind.com/cost-of-building-road/ https://blog.midwestind.com/cost-of-building-road/ > constructing a two-lane, undivided road in a rural locale will set you back somewhere between $2 and $3 million per mile — in urban areas, that number jumps to between $3 and $5 million And then you still have to maintain it.