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Old Posted Jun 20, 2016, 4:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Trainguy View Post
16 June 2016

MPs Suggest $35 Million Rail Underpass at White Rock's Crescent Beach

White Rock British Columbia - ... an underpass in Crescent Beach could cost just $35 million, according to a House of Commons standing committee report adopted this week.
I call out B.S. here. Just take the template of the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor Program. The cheapest crossing along the corridor was the 80th Street overpass in Delta connecting Boundary Bay Airport, which came in at ~$15 million:



And that structure required a set of piers in order to provide for potential future double/triple tracking and, furthermore, also crossed over Airport Road.

OTOH, a Crescent Road crossing of the BNSF tracks would be both shorter and likely would not require twin piers but just concrete abutments at each end to connect the stringers. I'd imagine that capital cost would be closer to ~$10 million for same (somewhat akin to the 80th Street rail overpass) - not $35 million.

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Originally Posted by libtard View Post
BNSF holds all the power

They've been around a long time and the little town of white rock has no clout when it comes to this situation.
Nahhh... you're wayyyyyyy off. Crescent Beach is situate within South Surrey - ~5 km away from the White Rock border.
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