Isn’t that where he has his new digs, paid for by big donors from Chicago?
-—— kind of like the super highway that goes about 15 miles into the jungle that was build back in the 50’s or early 60’s that goes nowhere, has no off ramps - just dead ends in the middle of nowhere with no way to get to the ground unless you bring repelling rope.
Some of this is money that Gov Kasich turned down in Ohio right after he took office.
Yeah but at least they'll have riders. For outrageous costs per passenger mile I don't think anyhing tops the Santa Clara County Light Rail extension to Los Gatos. $175 million for 1.6 miles with a projected ridership of 200 people per day.
Another way to look at it ...
Every citizen is shelling out $1 or his/her own money PER MILE for this sham. $20 from me, $20 from my wife, $100 from my kids, etc.
Choom choom Charlie thinks he’s an engineer
Island is only 30 miles wide? Railroad? They can’t drive (or walk) to their destination? Heck, where I live it is at least 45 miles to the next small town with nothing in between and the government pulled up the only railroad tracks around here a decade ago to “save the enviroment.”
buy each islander a damn helicopter. be cheaper.
"Oahu Railway & Land Company
The first section of this 3ft (914mm) gauge network of lines opened in 1889. At its greatest extent, the line left Honolulu, skirted Pearl Harbour and headed for the west coast of the island. It then followed the west and north coasts as far as Kahuku. A branch from Waipahu ran inland to Halemano. The network was heavily utilised during the Second World War, notably for access to Schofield Army Barracks and Lualaulei Naval Ammunition Depot. However, general traffic was insufficient to ensure the survival of the line after the War, and operations outside the area of Honolulu and the Harbour ceased in 1947. The little traffic that remained lingered until 1972, when the last section of line finally closed to commercial traffic.
Koolau Railroad
A 3ft (914mm) gauge line on the east coast of the island, effectively a continuation of the Oahu Railway from Kahuku to Kahana. Dates unknown."
No problem!
or about $18,000.00 per foot...
I’ve been to Oahu and rode their bus system ,, perfectly adequate and DOESN’T INVOLVE BUYING HUGE AMOUNTS OF LAND FROM THE CONNECTED AND THE LOCAL GOV’T.
“This has to be the most outrageous cost...”
Mayhap, if there are enough cost-overruns and delays, the price of this project will exceed Massachusetts’ big dig.
Naahhhhhhhhh....