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Re:Hyperloop by afriesh123 on Monday August 12, 2013 @06:55PM (#6202741)
BTW - the link disproves your point somewhat - voters approved a $10bn train, which is now expected to cost over 10x that. Brings into question what exactly they approved, or what it means to "approve" if there is no cost control in the approval.
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Re:Hyperloop by ewoodrich on Monday August 12, 2013 @07:05PM (#6202811)
I don't have a point really, I'm just saying this was a publicized ballot measure at the time and not carried out against the voters' will.

And as I said in above comment, the $9.95 billion was for the initial bond issuance. The estimate on the ballot was $40 billion versus the current estimate of between $98.5 billion and $118 billion.

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Re:Hyperloop by dragonwriter on Monday August 12, 2013 @07:13PM (#6202855)
> The estimate on the ballot was $40 billion versus the current estimate of between $98.5 billion and $118 billion.

The estimate from the current Business Plan is $68.4 billion, not "between $98.5 and $118 billion."

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Re:Hyperloop by twoodfin on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @10:20AM (#6205838)
They call it a "Business Plan"? That's rich!
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