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7 Billion for 29 stations and a full line? I wish. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/south-morang-finally-gets-its-line-20120422-1xf4u.html http://www.theage.
by whatusername 14y ago
7 Billion for 29 stations and a full line? I wish.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/south-morang-finally-gets-its-line-20120422-1xf4u.html http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/south-morang-finally-gets-...
1/2 a billion for extending the line 3km and building 1 station. (All in the suburbs - where there used to be a train line that was ripped up)
- rosser 14y agoJust an off-hand observation: Australia also has a common-law legal system, which TFA suggests correlates strongly positively with out-of-control prices on such projects.
- riffic 14y agoThe article pointed out the common-law legal system being the cause, so what would be the solution? Better legislation to fix bidding?
- shard972 14y ago> Better legislation to fix bidding? Ins't that the solution to every legislation problem? Do it better next time?
- whatusername 14y agoAfter reading some of the other tabs I opened up looking for that article -- it appears that there was a bunch of other works bundled into the project. Still really expensive - but more than I had originally realised.