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Subject:	Re: Bridges (was Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:17:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes: > A really cool bridge (in a number of ways) is the Confederation Bridge that > links P.E.I. to the rest of Canada. I learned about it from a case study of > good engineering, and it's also a strong case for good economics and > feasability of privatization. Ersatz privatization I would have to say... the government is giving an operating subsidy to the tune of 40M CDN a year it seemed like. That doesn't count as true privatization. With Auto tolls at something like 25 CDN a crossing, this looks like a bridge that doesn't make economic sense, at least not superficially. ++Lar

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		Re: Bridges (was Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo)
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G153tw.FLp@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) of (...) doesn't (...) least (...) And it really ticked off many of the P.E.I. inhabitants ... -- -Rob. ===...=== New sets and parts for sale (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Bridges (was Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo)
(...) <shrug> Sorry for being unclear - I wasn't trying to imply that the bridge was privatized, but that it provided a good economic model for privatization. Whether traffic levels did/can justify it in the first place is, to a certain extent, a (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Bridges (was Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo)
(...) Of course one should compare the toll cost to the ferry fare. If the toll cost is significantly below the ferry fare, then it probably does make economic sense. Of course one has to factor in the subsidy also, best way to do that of course is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Bridges (was Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo)
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snipped some neat stuff about the Mackinac bridge> A really cool bridge (in a number of ways) is the Confederation Bridge that links P.E.I. to the rest of Canada. I learned about it from a case (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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