[NormsRevenge]

Perata led the charge in 2004 against Governor Schwarzenegger over the cost of the bridge, a fight that led to a stall in construction.

The governor argued a different bridge design would save taxpayers money. Instead, Caltrans now says that interruption will probably cost taxpayers about $133 million more.

[b9]

Norm, so who's to blame for the stall here, Perata for leading the charge or Arnold for wanting a cheaper design?

[glorgau]

No problem, just raise the bridge toll to $30 a trip! ;-)

[newzjunkey]

So this bridge is more than doubling in cost about every five years and this tower along is looking at a 29% jump in cost in a year? And they're blaming Arnold's fight to reduce costs for adding $133 million on to a project that's exploded well over $5 billion? Doesn't pass the smell test.

This runaway cost Caltrans project (remind you of the quake retrofitting mess of 10+ years bag?) was obviously conceived as a pay off to union bosses, the Marxist moneybags of San Francisco and the Democrat-enslaved peoples of Oakland.

If Arnold wants a capital improvement bond, I can understand why he'd be deeply concerned about skyrocketing costs for a major Caltrans project. The more projects go over, the less he'd be able to get done for the bond money. I think he was still delusional enough to think he can get things done like the real world, not the world of government. It's possible he hoped to set a precedent of building fully functional rather than aesthetically approved public works.

[Joe Boucher]

A blind guy could have seen huge cost over runs in this project.
If you couldn't see the future over runs you are probably a democrat.