The repair costs are part of the estimated $45 million price tag for the upcoming parade.
The cost to repair Washington, D.C., streets after the upcoming military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary could cost as much as $16 million, according to U.S. military officials.
That’s part of an estimated $45 million total cost for the June 14 military parade, which coincides with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. The cost estimates have fluctuated as planning continues.
The parade itself will include about 130 vehicles, including 28 M1A1 tanks, 28 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 28 Stryker armored fighting vehicles and a number of vehicles towing artillery launchers. More than 50 helicopters will also participate in an “extensive flyover” in the nation’s capital.
The event will also bring more than 9,000 soldiers from around the country to Washington, about 7,000 of whom will march in the parade itself. The event will also include at least eight Army bands, and some troops will ride on the nearly three dozen horses and two mules expected to march as part of a historical section of the parade.
US be like: sorry, we simply have no money for bike lanes or sidewalk repairs :(
And yet the US Army has infinite money
To be fair, 16 million would only get you a few dozen kilometers of bike lane and only if its the shitty painted on ones. If you wanna build actual height difference protected bike lanes, 16 million is basically nothing.
But also this parade will probably cost upwards of 100 million if you actually included all the invisible secondary costs.
I think it really depends. My city was able to build about two miles (IIRC) of fully separated multi-use path along a busy arterial for I wanna say about $4 million. The beauty, of course, is that well constructed bike and pedestrian paths can last a lifetime, where car infra needs constant replacing, so it’s a really good investment.
16 million is only the cost of the damage to the roads. The parade itself is estimated to cost $45 million and that’s assumed to be an underestimate.
You need to rebuild roads to maintain them every couple decades anyway. That cost is already baked in, it just depends what you so with it