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Old Posted Mar 9, 2016, 3:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Klazu View Post
Thanks for this number and this is the ballpark this project should be in. It's likely going to be a very similar bridge and not even seven lanes like Pitt Bridge is.

Of course dismantling the old bridge increases the costs (why not just detonate it), but all-in-all we should still be talking about under $500M. $1.2B dollars sounds just ludicrous and someone is overpricing a lot!
The crossing is twice as wide and will have almost three times the clearance as the Pitt River Bridge, not even comparable.

As for even considering dumping tonnes of steel into a commercially used and salmon producing river
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