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Originally Posted by Klazu
It's going to be similarly overpriced but definitely nowhere near as impressive in what gets built. Big Dig is actually quite impressive to drive and how it transformed Boston. It was just plagued with huge cost overruns and construction issues.
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The Big Dig cost $21.5 billion USD (~26 billion CAD) which was about 3x what was budgeted. I highly doubt this tunnel will cost 3x what is budgeted ($12 billion) or get close to the total price tag of The Big Dig. (Feel free to report me to #oldtakesexposed if I am wrong).
Also, in no way should a 700m tunnel under a river far from Vancouver's core be compared to burying 2.4km tunnel under Boston's downtown.
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