[WildTurkey]

The Sundial Bridge in Redding is a good example: of wasting taxpayer money via a government project gone astray.

Originally budgeted at $2.3 million (1.4 million in federal funds) with a cap of 3.1 million on total expenditures, the cost swelled to $14 million BEFORE ground breaking. Final costs are estimated at $23 million for the PEDESTRIAN bridge. Estimated taxpayer subsidy for each PEDESTRIAN crossing is about $20 dollars. Of course, it is billed as a FREE crossing.

[Carry_Okie]

Originally budgeted at $2.3 million (1.4 million in federal funds) with a cap of 3.1 million on total expenditures, the cost swelled to $14 million BEFORE ground breaking. Final costs are estimated at $23 million for the PEDESTRIAN bridge. Estimated taxpayer subsidy for each PEDESTRIAN crossing is about $20 dollars. Of course, it is billed as a FREE crossing.

While I agree that the sundial bridge should have been sold at cost, I have no doubt that it was made more expensive not for the cost of the bridge, but to fund a group of enviro-thugs who saw blood in the water. I also don't doubt that it will return far more than its cost over its lifetime.