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MShoeSlur t1_j0z7b3u wrote

Wow looks pretty solid, ~15 stops and runs through Rowan. Crazy that $56 million would only buy 2-3 blocks of a subway line in Center City

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beeps-n-boops t1_j0z83tz wrote

Bear in mind that the $56 million quoted is NOT the construction cost. Just the design / engineering cost.

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nothankyoutwo t1_j0zu6x6 wrote

Yep. And design is usually a small percentage of actual construction. E.g. on a lot of federal contracts for construction, design price cannot exceed 6% of the total construction price. So ballpark, a $56M design roughly works out to a little south of $1B for construction.

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rovinchick t1_j10he22 wrote

Which is still half the price of SEPTA's KOP rail project. 🤦

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Dryheavemorning OP t1_j0z8huv wrote

> $56 million would only buy 2-3 blocks of a subway line in Center City

The $56M is just to design the line here.

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Proper-Code7794 t1_j0zpn68 wrote

Yeah you'd have to build basically New foundations for every building that it passes or at least reinforce them as most are historic and made of masonry and then there's probably 8 to 10 utilities in the ground that would all have to be relocated and then you're relocating to to where? a different street you're now digging up...

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