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by BasilAwad 4763 days ago
$8.24 billion for 7 miles of tunnel
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What's the point of this? That you can do it cheaper? Under New York? With the necessary precautions and the same specs?
amazement. sorry for the ambiguity.
That's about standard for a deep-bore tunnel in the U.S. these days. The 1.7 mile long Central Subway in SF is $1.6b (without factoring in the inevitable cost overruns.)