$2857/foot

[kalakoa]

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...d-project/

The county is poised to receive $4 million from the Hawaii Housing Finance &Development Corp. to build a road accessing the Kukuiola emergency shelter project and Village 9 affordable rental community project on Kealakehe Parkway.

The 1,400-foot-long road with 50-foot-wide right of way will divide the two projects, Sharon Hirota, Mayor Harry Kim’s executive assistant assigned to homelessness, said Friday.

$4000000 / 1400 = $2857.14 per foot.

Google comes up with quite a range: a 2-lane undivided road should cost $2-5M/mile, which is (roughly) $400-1000 per foot.

"Gee, I wonder where the rest of the money is going."

[Chunkster]

I think we all know the extra money is going into the pocket of one of "the right people."

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

$4000000 / 1400 = $2857.14 per foot.

Big Island. Where the streets are paved with gold. But not in or on the actual street.

[kalakoa]

Occurs to me we've all seen this before with the highway 130 restoration -- remember how the price kept changing to match the available funding?

[Guest]

Hey kalakoa, do you have boogymen in your closets too?

[kalakoa]

We're being bilked by our government, doesn't that count?

[Guest]

quote:

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Originally posted by kalakoa

We're being bilked by our government, doesn't that count?

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Yeah, that's what I thought. Do you see ghosts too?

[kalakoa]

Do you see ghosts too?

No, just trolls.

[kalakoa]

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2019/12/...extension/

The $90 million figure is based on the most recent estimate for the project, which has remained in the environmental review phase since the release of a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project in April 2017. Kunishige said the department is currently budgeting $5 million for right-of-way acquisition and $85 million for construction of the approximately 10.5-mile road.

$90000000 / (5280 x 10.5) = $1623/foot.

[My 2 cents]

The 1,400-foot-long road with 50-foot-wide right of way

50' wide? I thought that was illegal. Oh well, nevermind that. I'm pretty sure the saddle extension is much wider than 50'. So, instead of price per lineal foot, perhaps a price per square foot comparison would be more accurate?