How the hell have you spent $221 on the planning of the 520 bridge without finalize a design?!!?!? Holy sh*t. I'm not a mathematician, but that appears to be almost 5% of the price of the bridge itself.
$221M seems to be a bit excessive.
"Washington state taxpayers have spent $221 million so far on planning, environmental studies, public meetings and engineering for a new Highway 520 floating bridge.
The state Department of Transportation last month signed a contract for pontoon construction to start late this year in Grays Harbor County, the first step toward building the $4.65 billion project.
But the planning isn't finished. A Montlake Interchange design is far from settled, and there's no final decision on how wide to make the floating bridge's deck.
The State Department of Transportation released the $221 million figure Wednesday, in response to requests by The Seattle Times and another news service."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011039409_520cost.html
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