Comment: Let the concealment stop right now. $16 billion is the mumber. Why the heck are we talking about the Mayor concealing budget items when everyone is throwing out an $8 billion cost? Look at the darned spreadsheet in this online article. It's uses are at $16 billion+, it's sources are $15 billion+. Those are the true project costs. Do not ever help spread the lie we are looking at an $8+ billion rail project. Call it what it is. $16 billion and climbing. We never EVER isolate build costs unless it's all equity and there is no debt cost.