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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vincent206: [QB] The estimated cost of straightening the curve at Dupont was [URL=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/straightening-of-curve-at-derailment-site-in-dupont-had-not-been-state-priority/]$230 million in 2006 dollars.[/URL] If the state had spent the money to straighten the curve many other projects would not have happened. WSDOT chose to spend money on improvements that increased reliability and decreased the total trip time. from the linked Seattle Times article: [QUOTE]Lloyd Flem, executive director of the rail supporters group All Aboard Washington, lost two friends in the crash. But he said last week keeping the curve was the correct, fiscally conservative move. “I’ll roll through a curve at 30 mph to save the taxpayers $200 million,” he said. [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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