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Bert Stedman
102:14 - 102:39
“on Phase 1, the mid-range of the low and the high went from $13 to almost $17 billion, is $15 billion. Then you could add the 15% contingency, that puts you at $17 billion. So you can use $17 or a common number is 20%, that'd be $18 billion.”
- Speaker
- Bert Stedman
- Timestamp
- 102:14 – 102:39
- Transcript
- Alaska Legislature: MSC2-20260626-1410
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
From the transcript
And then Phase 2. And the range that they gave us, they gave us a low and a high. And on Phase 1, the mid-range of the low and the high went from $13 to almost $17 billion, is $15 billion. Then you could add the 15% contingency, that puts you at $17 billion. So you can use $17 or a common number is 20%, that'd be $18 billion.
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