"In typical bureaucratic fashion, a plan was procured. San Francisco City Hall is old by California standards, dating back to 1915. Because it’s a historic building, $50,000 was immediately spent to gain input from historical consultants. Next, an architectural and engineering firm was hired to design the ramp. Its bill was $170,000. Materials for the job cost $25,000, not including $49,000 for a brass handrail. Another $20,000 was spent on hazardous waste removal (what the heck they discovered that was so toxic was never disclosed). Labor costs for the project totaled a whopping $201,000.
At the end of the day, the fiscally insane San Francisco bureaucrats built a wheelchair ramp that cost $51,500 per linear foot."
And to top it all off the person on the board who raised the big stink about wanting the ramp was voted out and never got a chance to ride that one to glory.
San Francisco's Half-Million-Dollar Wheelchair Ramp - HUMAN EVENTS
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