Seattle Monorail May Cost Five Times Original Price

Seattle's Green Line monorail is projected to cost over $11 billion to build.

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June 23, 2005, 9:00 AM PDT

By Brenda Meyer

"That's more than triple what Sound Transit will pay for construction and debt service for its 14-mile light rail line from downtown Seattle to Tukwila.

The total also is more than five times the construction tab alone for the monorail, a ratio that troubles state Treasurer Mike Murphy."

Thanks to Brenda Meyer

FULL STORY: Monorail's building, debt costs balloon to $11 billion

Wednesday, June 22, 2005 in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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