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How much did New Orleans - Canal Street Trolley cost to build?

The Canal Streetcar Line is the New Orleans RTA streetcar route, rebuilt along Canal Street from 2000 and reopened on 18 April 2004 after 40 years, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) in two branches (47 and 48). The Federal Transit Administration Capital Cost Database records a total project cost of USD 143,929,126 for the project, against the USD 154.0 million (escalated dollars) given in the FTA's November 1998 New Starts report for the then 4.7-mile, 31-station Canal Streetcar Spine.

Final project cost

$143.9291 million

Cost basis: 2004

New Orleans Streetcars, photo taken in 2009.
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Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Final project cost2004
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Project record

18 April 2004

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