General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

I know a lot of people were pretty cranky with my use of the word corruption in public infrastructure costs, but this is the sort of shit that pops up and blows my mind:


How is it possible that 2.1km of new pedestrian trail comes out to $150M? $~70k per metre? How does this get approved? Are they replacing all sewer lines within 20km of this path and including it in the budget?

Four pedestrian/cycling bridges are included. Those are surely far more expensive than 2.1 km of MUT.

Yes but 70m per km is expensive for LRT. Even with bridges this is way too much for cycle infra. Also, why 4 bridges in 2 km?