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		bradleyjg on Dec 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Groundbreaking marks start of work on Penn Station... The LIRR equivalent, East Side Access, is 13 years late and $7.6 billion over budget (and counting.) Maybe the MTA should do a real post mortem there before starting up another such project.

rst on Dec 11, 2022 [–]

There's no new tunneling for this one -- just new above-ground stations, and rehab on pre-existing bridges and track. The work really isn't comparable.

Bluecobra on Dec 11, 2022 | [–]

I’m happy to see new transit expansions but it’s pretty insane that four above ground train stations and a train yard costs over $3 billion dollars.

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