http://www.guardian.co.uk/…

In the pantheon of Britain’s great engineering feats, it remains relatively modest; the widening of the M6 motorway along a 51-mile stretch between Birmingham and Manchester. But in terms of sheer cost, the UK may never have seen its like before.

Every inch of the proposed new road is estimated to cost £897. And when construction inflation has been built in - currently 9% a year - the likely figure will top £1,000. Either will make it the most expensive piece of tarmac ever laid, with the entire project, according to the Highways Agency’s own figures, expected to cost £2.9bn and take three years.

This is an amazing amount of government waste.  At 12 foot wide lanes thats $12.50 a square inch. How is it possible to justify that cost? It’s not material. It shouldn’t be hardware cost. Can pre,during,post labor cost that? I very much doubt it.

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