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Originally posted by Superman
Well, the voters approved $2 billion because that's what the private interests said it would cost. The private companies now sheepishly admit they want something like $11 billion to build it.
Hmmmm. First $2 billion. Then $11 billion. I've never seen a public agency mess up that badly with math.
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San Francisco Bay Bridge earthquake retrofit after Loma Prieta earthquake:
Cost estimate: $200 million.
Current cost: $5.5 billion. Project incomplete.
Ten years later, with cars driving over an unsafe span every day since.
THREE "temporary" bridge toll increases to help cover costs. Temporary increases that have expired: 0.
I'm sure you'll have an appropriately snarky way of telling everyone that this one example does not count. However, this one case illustrates that, just because you haven't seen a public agency mess up that badly, doesn't mean they don't.