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So 1/7th the normal rate. Did it cost 1/7th the amount? Less because economy of scale? More because of resource bottlenecks?
The article says they've filled the same amount as the DoT does in a week, so it's 7x the normal rate.
With regards to money, I doubt that the cost of fast-tracking a week's worth of potholes is really indicative of their handling of money. It was done to show people they can get things done for them.
It would be nice data to have. It's 7x the work/time rate but did it end up costing 14x or 1/7thx? That's an important question for if this shit be repeated or if the whole process needs reforming. I'm all for experiments but we have to use the information from them to make predictions going forward. Otherwise they are just stunts.