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Posted on 5/4/24 at 1:48 pm to CocomoLSU
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Is the $11 billion the cost of the project or just what’s been spent on that singular bridge?
Most of it has probably gone to "environmental consultants."
Posted on 5/4/24 at 1:51 pm to stout
I wish my grandfather owned one of the construction companies that gets these NY/CA/federal government contracts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 1:51 pm to OMLandshark
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Pretty impressive that California managed to make something more expensive and worthless than the 1.7 million dollar toilet in San Francisco:
There was these ridiculously expensive "bus shade" poles they installed and made a big deal of as you can see from the photo-ops.
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Posted on 5/4/24 at 2:12 pm to stout
6.875 million per foot?
That's a hell of a deal.
That's a hell of a deal.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 2:17 pm to Smeg
Right??? Couple of million per foot is chump change.
Talk about graft, everyone involved in that boondoggle should be investigated for fraud.
In Texas we have something similar in the Austin area and Project Connect.
Pure theft of tax dollars.
Talk about graft, everyone involved in that boondoggle should be investigated for fraud.
In Texas we have something similar in the Austin area and Project Connect.
Pure theft of tax dollars.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 2:26 pm to stout
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Cali has made amazing progress on their high speed rail
Iirc people are trying to build one of these between Dallas and Houston. I wonder how that's going to go and if they finish it first for less how CA will handle being mocked.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 2:29 pm to stout
It’s a front for a secret project
Posted on 5/4/24 at 2:57 pm to J Murdah
I remember when my father was stationed at Norton AFB. He liked Las Vegas and we would travel east.
There was a part of the road that descended into a wide ditch, just gravel.
San Andeas fault.
There was a part of the road that descended into a wide ditch, just gravel.
San Andeas fault.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 3:05 pm to stout
Anything labeled “green” is typically a massive grift because people want to believe that they’re doing something great but it’s always a scam like BLM.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 3:16 pm to stout
quote:Seattle is impressed. They're spending over $130 billion on a light rail expansion.
1600 feet of high-speed rail after over a decade and $11 billion yet there is no rail. It's just an overpass.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 3:22 pm to stout
It went to a Chinese construction firm China Railway International. Not Americans.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 3:22 pm to stout
This isn't a HSR project, it's a jobs project. The goal is to employ people and use as much taxpayer money as they can squeeze out of it.
At this rate, they'll complete the 800 mile system in 23,000 years at a cost of $29 trillion (in today's dollars excluding inflation.)
At this rate, they'll complete the 800 mile system in 23,000 years at a cost of $29 trillion (in today's dollars excluding inflation.)
Posted on 5/4/24 at 3:24 pm to stout
I especially like the multiple angles of the same slab of concrete. 
Posted on 5/4/24 at 3:27 pm to GRTiger
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This isn't a HSR project, it's a jobs project. The goal is to employ people and use as much taxpayer money as they can squeeze out of it.
Democrats gonna democrat, they love spending money since they’re typically not held liable for results.
Example: every program designed for “underserved” areas that money seemingly disappears into a project.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:13 pm to Tarps99
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They are building a section between Vegas and Los Angeles.
I proposed it to be a one train out of vegas so the calis can go home
Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:18 pm to GRTiger
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At this rate, they'll complete the 800 mile system in 23,000 years at a cost of $29 trillion (in today's dollars excluding inflation.)
Posted on 5/4/24 at 4:45 pm to BobABooey
Meanwhile in Italy...up to 150 mph in open country. averages 100 mph on most routes.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 11:53 pm to MrJimBeam
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BRIGHTLINE HAS HIT ANOTHER PERSON
Get out of the way, fool
Posted on 5/5/24 at 12:02 am to stout
Waste of money.
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