by electricron
jonnhrr wrote:Perhaps it is time to examine why this tunnel is so expensive. Consider that the Swiss bored a 57.5 km tunnel under the Alps for about the same price as Gateway is supposed to cost, and I don't think the cost of living in Switzerland is much lower than the NY Metro area. is it graft? Excessive regulations that drive up the cost of doing business? All of the above?Switzerland didn’t pay for the Gotthard base tunnel with its own money generated from within the country, it relied upon funds from other EU nations to fund it, mainly with a trucking tax while accepting standard EU sized trucks. It’s only been very recently that Switzerland has allowed full sized EU truck operations on its mountainous highways.
Also note that Switzerland is a much smaller country than the US yest still able to pay for such a project but we "can't afford it".
Jon
Switzerland is more akin to an individual state within the EU than the entire USA.
So which way is the basis of,your argument?
What-so-ever, they did find outside funding sources to fund this base tunnel.
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