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Re: Re: Initiative 912

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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.



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.
No snark. That's a fine example, which I appreciate.
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