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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
Why not build a toll tunnel? You either sit in Glenmore traffic, or buy a pass to breeze through the tunnel. This offsets the cost of the road, and generates future income that is only going to increase as the city grows, especially in the SW.
Problem solved.
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Is the toll supposed to help pay for the increased cost? I think it's safe to say that a tunneled option would cost ~$1.5 billion MORE than the original option.
If we think that the toll is just supposed to pay the extra $1.5 billion:
30,000 vehicles per day x $2 per trip = $60,000 per day.
Collecting $60,000 per day, it would take 68.5 years to raise $1.5 billion, and that doesn't include and discussion of interest paid on the original amount.