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Originally Posted by cal_guy
Conversly could you ever put a toll that would allow the QE2 to turn a profit? The point of a train is to reduce the pressure off the QE2 so that a large upgrade could be avoided.
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If you're looking for a good rough estimate, to add a lane to each side of QE2 would cost roughtly $1 mil/km including right-of-way in todays dollars. New diamond interchange construction in a rural area generally costs around $25 mil a pop.
QE2 is ultimately planned to be an 8-lane freeway. However that probably won't happen within our life-time. 6-lane may not be too far off though. 30-40 years maybe?