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Old Posted Mar 28, 2016, 2:25 AM
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Originally Posted by 202_Cyclist View Post
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has given a green light to a $154.2 million extension of its first construction contract in the San Joaquin Valley, stretching the line northward by almost 3 miles in Madera County.
Jesus. $50M per mile as a marginal cost? No wonder this project is so difficult to pull off.

This is presumably on flat land in a rural area....
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