InterBering Project Implementation Estimate
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| No. | Program Cost Element | Expected Amount | Percent Total | Expected Time to Complete |
| 1 | Office Startup and Administration | $ 10,000,000.00 | 0.004001% | 2023 |
| 2 | Travel and Survey Expense | $ 10,000,000.00 | 0.004001% | 2024 |
| 3 | Feasibility Study Preparation | $ 25,000,000.00 | 0.010003% | 2024 |
| 4 | Traffic Forecast Analysis | $ 5,000,000.00 | 0.002001% | 2024 |
| 5 | Financial Analysis Preparation | $ 5,000,000.00 | 0.002001% | 2024 |
| 6 | Regulatory and Political Interfacing | $ 5,000,000.00 | 0.002001% | 2024 |
| 7 | Engineering Design Preliminary | $ 50,000,000.00 | 0.020007% | 2024 |
| 8 | Insurance and Liability Identification | $ 15,000,000.00 | 0.006002% | 2024 |
| 9 | Environmental Impact Analysis | $ 25,000,000.00 | 0.010003% | 2024 |
| 10 | Energy Facility Requirements | $ 10,000,000.00 | 0.004001% | 2024 |
| 11 | Real Estate Purchase Identification | $ 25,000,000.00 | 0.010003% | 2024 |
| 12 | Project Implementation Planning | $ 10,000,000.00 | 0.004001% | 2024 |
| 13 | Project Contingency Allowance | $ 20,000,000.00 | 0.008003% | 2024 |
| 14 | Detailed Engineering Design | $ 200,000,000.00 | 0.080027% | 2026 |
| 15 | Detailed Market Evaluation | $ 2,000,000,000.00 | 0.800272% | 2025 |
| 16 | Environmental Impact Mitigation | $ 5,000,000,000.00 | 2.000680% | 2025 |
| 17 | Financial Plan Preparation | $ 2,500,000,000.00 | 1.000340% | 2025 |
| 18 | Real Estate and Railroad Acquisition | $ 25,000,000,000.00 | 10.003401% | 2026 |
| 19 | Tunnel Construction Expense | $ 35,000,000,000.00 | 14.004762% | 2039 |
| 20 | Energy Facilities Construction | $ 30,000,000,000.00 | 12.004081% | 2039 |
| 21 | Rolling Stock Acquisition | $ 15,000,000,000.00 | 6.002041% | 2041 |
| 22 | North American Rail Construction | $ 30,000,000,000.00 | 12.004081% | 2039 |
| 23 | Russia Rail Construction | $ 80,000,000,000.00 | 32.010884% | 2041 |
| 24 | Regulatory and Liability Expenses | $ 15,000,000,000.00 | 6.002041% | 2041 |
| 25 | Project Contingency Allowance | $ 10,000,000,000.00 | 4.001360% | 2042 |
Total Project Expense |
$ 249,915,000,000.00 |
100% |
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By Ed Peters, South China Morning Post, Oct. 4, 2020.
Mead Treadwell, former Alaskan Lt. Governor, presented in 2019 a railroad project to connect Alaska Railroad to Canada and Lower 48 States.
"Alaska needs big, bold ideas now."
Former Alaskan Governor Wally J. Hickel.
"The Bering Strait rail and tunnel project can help enhance and expand prosperity for the 21st Century by linking the world's greatest industrial nations with the vast untapped mineral resources of the Arctic.
"To the south of Alaska and Canada, stands the continental United States, with the greatest economy on Earth, and it too badly needs resources. Building a corridor, linked across the Bering Strait, will provide access to our Arctic resources of oil, gas, precious minerals of all kinds, and freshwater.
"I envision the construction of a railroad around the world. This would include a tunnel across the Bering Strait which can accommodate both pleasure travel and especially the movement of resources and power.
"I've supported connecting the continents by rail. This is going to change the world, and it is easy to do. All it takes is a decision."
Full interview with Walter J. Hickel by EIR in 2007.
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