The Federal Transit Administration last week announced a $500 million down payment for the project and is expected to finalize a $6 billion award later this year. This new underground line will extend the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) through San Jose and Santa Clara, which are already served by the region’s Caltrain and public buses.
A decade ago, the duplicative subway was estimated to cost $4.4 billion and open in 2026. Local transportation planners wanted BART to “ring” the San Francisco Bay. Estimated costs have since ballooned to $12.75 billion—$2.1 billion a mile—owing to inflation and engineering changes. Now service isn’t expected to start until 2037.
A local project manager blamed soaring costs and delays on “a shortage of skilled labor in the Bay Area and the country.” Perhaps more construction workers would be available if the Administration weren’t splashing around hundreds of billions of dollars on green energy and public works like the Silicon Valley subway.
Imagine what could be accomplished with all the funding spent elsewhere. Modernize and fixt teh VA. Provide housing for our Veterans, secure our borders, or just not spend it period and allow private industry to do things in the more efficient use of capital as always. Everything the govt touches gets worse.
@ChicB1ll0fRightsForward2wks2W
Bet it took less time to build the trans continental railroad
@P0l1t1calDonnyGreen2wks2W
Yep, a 1,911-mile continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869. Thats 3 years for a price of $60 million, about $1.2 billion today.
@ChicB1ll0fRightsForward2wks2W
Thanks for the info. BOY CAN WE WASTE TIME AND MONEY
@V0lunteerCalLibertarian2wks2W
Always remember. If they say the Las Vegas bullet train will cost $3b today, it will end up costing at least $10b. And Joe Biden and Jacky Rosen will be long gone by then.
@OctopusTomRepublican2wks2W
Drive an hour to Rancho Cuc. Pay how much to park. $400 fare. Wait for the train. 2 hour ride.
Or fill up your tank and drive there in 4 hours. This is quite progressive.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
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