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getbak · 05-03-2014, 02:04 PM

Here's the story from 2011: http://www.dvice.com/archives/2011/0...-takes-ano.php

It says that a 12' x 12' panel costs $6,900. A single lane of highway is 12 feet wide, and a mile is 5,280 feet long. That means it would take 440 panels for just one mile of one lane of highway, which would cost a little over $3 million.

A four lane highway would be more than $12 million per mile just for the road panels. Presumably, installation would be on top of that.

05-03-2014, 02:04 PM	#9
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	Here's the story from 2011: http://www.dvice.com/archives/2011/0...-takes-ano.php It says that a 12' x 12' panel costs $6,900. A single lane of highway is 12 feet wide, and a mile is 5,280 feet long. That means it would take 440 panels for just one mile of one lane of highway, which would cost a little over $3 million. A four lane highway would be more than $12 million per mile just for the road panels. Presumably, installation would be on top of that. __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck!