Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Tunnel to be done sooner, but to cost more

posted by Barry Parr on Nov 15, 2006 at 08:17 pm in Planning & Development
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The bids are in for the Devil’s Slide Tunnel, and the Chronicle is reporting that at $272 million, the lowest bid is $32 million higher than Caltrans estimated it would cost. That doesn’t include the bridge and highway realignment at the south entrance, which bring the total to $330 million.

The good new is that low bidder Kiewit Pacific says they can get it done in four years, not five. Construction begins next summer. Since we were expecting the tunnel to be done in 2011, it’s not clear that the four-year completion estimate gets the tunnel here any sooner.

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Comment 1 by Carl May on Nov 16 at 5:30pm • All my comments •

And the figures being reported are only the “A” parts of the bids. Go to the video to see the “B” parts that add almost another 10 percent to the cost.

Carl May

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