酥梨新市长通过胡侃海吹,满足了一大批三哥的天车梦,顺利当选。但这个世界上,总有清醒的人,热闹过后,有人问新市长,酥梨到兰梨造天车,钱从哪里来?
毕竟translink核算过,造天车的话,至少要29亿,这还是去年的估算价,未来开工时只会高不会低。(TransLink says that a 16.5 kilometre SkyTrain line along Fraser Highway to Langley would cost about $2.9 billion, according to a preliminary cost estimates report completed in 2017. That cost is something that would have to be updated during a business case preparation stage, TransLink noted.)
没想到新市长又发表了一段刷新三观的言论:But McCallum insists the line can be done with the money that’s been committed, partly because he intends for part of the system to be built “at grade,” or at ground level, which would “significantly” reduce the price tag.
The Evergreen Line came in a year-and-a-half ago at $1.4 billion,” said McCallum. “So we think that even if you add inflation, and maybe the cost of some of the materials to be a little bit more, that we can still build it along Fraser Highway at $1.65 billion.”
大意是,造天车的钱,可以通过拆东墙补西墙的方式搞定,把原先计划造Guildford到Newton这段LRT的资金拿过来就够了。酥梨到兰梨的天车,部分区段可以不造高架桥,地面运行,这样可以降低成本,前几年长青线也就花了14亿,就算加上通货膨胀,造LRT的预算16.5亿也够了。