[NormsRevenge]

the bridge's $6.3 billion construction budget?

just a little over a year ago Caltrans had still another projected cost: almost $5.3 billion dollars.




CA: Cost Of Bay Bridge Suspension Tower Could Skyrocket (project may likely cost 500 million more) ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552888/posts
Posted by NormsRevenge
On News/Activism ^ 01/05/2006 10:11:46 PM PST · 18 replies · 391+ views

KTVU.com ^ | 1/5/06
OAKLAND -- A federal study now under way finds the cost of building the new Bay Bridge -- specifically the signature 525-foot suspension tower -- could explode again, this time by almost half a billion dollars. Almost ten years ago, Caltrans estimated it would cost $1.3 billion dollars to replace the eastern span of the Bay Bridge. Five years ago, the state said it would in fact cost almost twice that much -- $2.5 billion -- for a new bridge. Last year, Caltrans had still another projected cost: almost $5.3 billion dollars. Wednesday night, Caltrans spokesman Jeff Weiss acknowledged the...

[theDentist]

Boston's "Big Dig" started out at a price tage of about $3.5 Billion. It's at near $15 Billion and counting. I say counting becuase although it was finished, they now have to make massive correctiosn and fixes for shoddy workmanship... and that's expected to last another 10 years.

Good luck.