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Originally Posted by iamrobk
Assuming you're referring to the I-95 cap, the city contribution is, from what I can find in various news reports, $90m over 6 years, not $30m. That said, that's a bargain compared to transit - the BSL extension is estimated to cost between $869m and $1.6b. https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/...ail-navy-yard-septa-subway-20190201.html
I am all for improving our transit, but the financial scale is frankly on a different level compared to a lot of city projects. Any major transit projects really need to be done with significant state and/or federal help.
I realize you probably just threw out the I-95 cap somewhat arbitrarily, but I do think it's actually a helpful comparison in order to better understand the financial scale of what's going on. And I do personally think the money being used to cap I-95 is being spent very well and the results will, I hope, be fantastic. |
Thank you for the clarification.
I certainly agree that the 95 cap will be fantastic. I was just saying that perhaps if the city is willing to throw
that much money around they could throw SEPTA a bone.
You’re right though, at the end of the day it isn’t even the Feds that are limiting this anymore, it’s the state. PA doesn’t give us shit.