12-11-2020, 11:29 AM
(12-11-2020, 11:26 AM)ijmorlan Wrote:(12-11-2020, 10:59 AM)ac3r Wrote: They're probably rounding up for the sake of the article. While it was 50 million over budget, it was still below 900 million in the end.
Cambridge will end up costing more because we'll be building so many sections of it elevated. The amount of engineering and construction needed to get it across the Grand River Valley will be immense for this region.
Also there are various numbers that could be used, depending on context:
- Total capital expenditure
- Regional share of capital expenditure
- Grandlinq portion of capital expenditure
- Grandlinq contract total value (large fraction of capital plus 30 years operating/maintenance)
There are other numbers one might quote as well.
I just hope they are more serious about fast and efficient operation than they have been with the first phase. It would be an absolute travesty if the long sections parallel to the expressway and along rail rights-of-way didn’t see routine operation of the LRVs at their maximum operating speed.
The ~880MM is the closest of those numbers to a billion.
I certainly agree with the speed issue, the LRVs should be going faster in many, maybe even most places. That being said, I haven't ridden the train since the pandemic started...are they actually going above 50km/h now with ATP enabled?