To kick off: There's some good ideas in these there posts: https://streets.mn/2015/04/28/all-option ... -corridor/
https://streets.mn/2015/04/28/all-option ... -corridor/
But also this one in particular is a good idea:
https://streets.mn/2015/11/10/stop-choos ... -the-cost/
froggie pointed this out:
http://finance-commerce.com/2014/09/kim ... -contract/
Buried in there is this:
So, using Bottineau as a case study, it's possible we could have spent an extra $30-50m dollars (potentially more if you assume added engineering running in parallel pushed the project's timeline back in a meaningful way) to have a clearer understanding of one other alignment's costs. It's possible the number would be even less than that given how much of the full route had the same routing, but whatever.Once the contract with Kimley-Horn is finalized, Fuhrmann said, the Metropolitan Council will issue a notice to proceed with the preliminary engineering phase for $30.5 million.
Read more: http://finance-commerce.com/2014/09/kim ... z3sLqH8Mmk
What say ye?