California's bullet train is hurtling toward a multibillion-dollar overrun...

latimes.com ^ | Ralph Vartabedian

[SPI-Man]

Correct me if I am wrong, but the original estimate of $6.4B for the 118 miles of track works out to about $54.2 MILLION per mile. The revised estimate (assuming $9.75B) would be $82.6 million per mile.
Does anyone know the per mile cost of an interstate highway?

[Falconspeed]

” by increasing sales taxes...” For a train. CA needs an intervention from adults in midwestern states.

[Secret Agent Man]

well, brown has ensured they will never pay for useful desalination plants.

[trebb]

If Trump had been making the deals, it would have been up and running, on time all the time and have been $30 million below costs.....

[BradyLS]

Correct me if I am wrong, but the original estimate of $6.4B for the 118 miles of track works out to about $54.2 MILLION per mile. The revised estimate (assuming $9.75B) would be $82.6 million per mile. Does anyone know the per mile cost of an interstate highway?

In California? Before or after overruns?

[fella]

It would be interesting to see which liberals are scamming the most off of this tax paid boondoggle.

[BradyLS]

$14,600 per inch...LOL

I wonder, how much is a cubic inch of gold worth?

[anton]

About $12k

[BradyLS]

They should call it The Gold-digger Line!