Public Projects: Comparing Costs

Here’s how construction costs for the Spokane Transit Authority’s $20.6 million downtown bus station compare with other recent public projects:

Spokane Arena (1995), $45 million;

Foley Center library at Gonzaga University (1992), $20 million;

WSU/EWU urban college campus at Riverpoint (1996), $17 million;

Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (1994), $12 million;

Downtown library (1994), $13.8 million;

Spokane County Public Works building (1993), $8 million;

Mead High School (scheduled to open in 1997), $22.5 million.

, DataTimes