11-02-2023, 04:57 PM
(11-02-2023, 09:36 AM)bravado Wrote: This got buried in the other thread so I guess I’d repost it here if anyone has more knowledge than Reddit.
Can any public expense experts chime in on this possible new cost estimate for Phase 2 found on Reddit?
https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/s/qJMxadf22H
Project development likely =/= total cost of the project once completed and ready to open. But then 1+ billion spent on just project development makes no sense either.
But who knows exactly. Either way it's probably going to cost way more than it should and the end product will be piss poor since despite the higher cost. They could spend 10 billion and I still don't see this LRT line managing to have any significant improvements whether that means improvements for stations, speeds, signalling, improved LRV quality and features, being actually grade separated (rest assured it'll be getting into accidents and getting stuck at red lights too), using green track beds or even just extremely basic things like...well...how about more than 2 benches for people to sit on? Or shelters that cover more of the platform, rather than being bus shelter sized? Heck they could have not blew how many hundreds of thousands on stupid art pieces nobody gives a shit about and gave people more places to sit instead.