How much did the extension of Portland - Westside-Hillsboro MAX cost?
The Westside MAX Blue Line project is an 18-mile, 32-station light rail extension from Portland to Hillsboro in Oregon, including a three-mile twin-tube tunnel under the West Hills with the 260-foot-deep Washington Park station, built by TriMet from July 1993 to September 1998 and opened on 12 September 1998, with a first section to Civic Stadium opening on 31 August 1997. TriMet's own project page gives its cost as USD 963 million, funded 73 percent by the Federal Transit Administration, 12 percent by the state and 15 percent by a local bond measure, and Wikipedia gives USD 963.5 million with a USD 166.9 million tunnel.
Reported project cost
$963 million
Cost basis: 1998
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Reported project cost1998
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- Total lengthTriMet (Westside MAX project page)
- 28.968 km
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