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Originally Posted by You Need A Thneed
My cost estimate takes into account the cost of tunnelling under the river, or building a bridge across the river, yes. It's expensive, but it's not some outrageous expense, either way. The city has tunnelled under the river for a different project within the last 5 years, afterall. |
That project you linked and a LRT tunnel under the river are completely different types of projects that would be installed in an entirely different fashion.
There is no way they are going under the river, it would be WAY more expensive then you are guessing at. The only way they could do it would be to divert the river much like they did when they did the work on the weir. They would be doing a bridge as it would be many times cheaper.
The fact they are not actually going up centre street when they hit downtown is actually smart though, this alleviates that part of the issues I had with that. I think having a bridge curve over the river and having a stop in the Eau Claire area is pretty smart since that mall and area needs some redevelopment anyhow.
With a stop in Eau Claire the idea of tunneling into Sunnyside Bank Park, curving NW towards McHugh Bluff Park, and connecting into 4th street is looking more and more doable and I still think 4th is a far better route if you are trying to go through the heart of the communities rather then skirt the edge of them. It would not be cheap, but it is a good route.
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