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  • CA: Costs of train to airport spelled out (93 miles Maglev, $15B-18B package, depending on speed)

    03/18/2006 8:47:56 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 599+ views
    San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 3/18/06 | Jeff Restine
    The hurdles to an Imperial County desert airport are in sharper focus with a report on the feasibility of a maglev train from San Diego, placing costs at a minimum of $148 million a mile and one-way fares below the price of a tank of gas. The 165-page consultants' report released yesterday presents a mixed bag to the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, which had kept the Yuha Desert concept on its list of airport options while the analysis was conducted on the magnetic levitation train. The cost of building the project – $15.2 billion to $18.5 billion for...