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Author:  Bob Yarger [ Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Trail cost figures

Note the cost of this proposed trail. About $1M to $1.5M per mile.. Wasn't that the figure they used to use for a 4-lane interstate?

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Author:  Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:48 am ]
Post subject:  Actually......

> Note the cost of this proposed trail. About
> $1M to $1.5M per mile.. Wasn't that the
> figure they used to use for a 4-lane
> interstate?

..... that seems to be what I recall to be the "standard" figure for a railroad line's construction costs per mile of track, based on projects like the Powder River Basin and the DM&E's proposed line. Not including land-acquisition costs, of course--which would be very high in urban areas and low in rural Wyoming.

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Author:  ge13031 [ Fri Nov 21, 2003 1:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Actually......

> ..... that seems to be what I recall to be
> the "standard" figure for a
> railroad line's construction costs per mile
> of track, based on projects like the Powder
> River Basin and the DM&E's proposed
> line. Not including land-acquisition costs,
> of course--which would be very high in urban
> areas and low in rural Wyoming.

Thats pretty close to the last estimate we had for replacing 100% of the ties, rehab the base, ballast, line and level. Throw in a coupla crossings, fix a coupla bridges(nothing major). On our ROW and rail.


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