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Originally Posted by Delgar
The West LRT expansion was hugely off budget. This one will be too. It doesn't matter what it "should" cost or how close the city "should" be as the project starts, the fact is, they're going to go way over budget. Anyone suggesting otherwise hasn't watched the history of public projects in Calgary.
Here's one article, about the West LRT.
http://news.nationalpost.com/full-co...ning-to-others
EDIT: And GGG, "Plus/Minus 30%" or "10%"? That's ridiculous. There is no possible way they come under budget. Its always more. |
Wait though....what? I thought the whole point of deficit spending during an economic downturn was to get a discount on labour and materials? 
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