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  • Surprise accord settles Bay Bridge impasse

    06/24/2005 7:45:17 AM PDT · by SmithL · 17 replies · 522+ views
    Contra Costa Times ^ | 6/24/5 | Andrew LaMar & Mike Adamick
    SACRAMENTO - The Bay Bridge will get a fancy design after all, but the region's motorists will pay most of the span's $3.7 billion in cost overruns under a legislative deal reached Thursday night. The accord calls for tolls on all state-owned Bay Area spans to jump from $3 to $4 beginning Jan. 1, 2007, and fund about two-thirds of the bridge's higher costs. The state will kick in $630 million toward the project, which has been saddled with delays and escalating prices since its inception seven years ago. No further toll increases are planned. Rather, the balance of cost...