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misanthrope

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9. If by "low cost"

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 11:28 PM

Jun 10

you mean the money earmarked for the project, then no.

If you mean the money that actually makes it into the construction itself, then yes.

Some portion will be "diverted" along the way.

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