So this has been in the news yesterday, that the final SW portion of the ring road is going to cost a staggering 5 billion bucks.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...198/story.html
From the article:
How the fuck is it that expensive? Did a little digging, along with this little graphic of the plans:Calgary’s ring road so far: $1.9B
N.W.: $450M, 17 km (open fully 2009)
S.E.: $769M, 21 km (open 2013)
N.E.: $650M, 25 km (open 09)
Unfinished S.W.: $5B, 41km (open 20??)
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Source: http://calgaryringroad.wordpress.com...te-march-2014/
66 bridges and 20 interchanges, is it just me or is this crazy overkill? Does anyone know where we can find better plans that details out this $5b cost? And seriously, 66 bridges? Is there that much water out west?