Business, 16.06.2020 06:57, lizzepacheco

You are an intern to the editor of a small-town newspaper in Mallsburg, Pennsylvania. Your boss, the editor, asks you to write the first draft of an editorial for this week's paper. Your assignment is to describe the costs and the benefits of building a new bridge across the railroad tracks in the center of town. Currently, most people who live in this town must drive 2 miles through thickly congested traffic to the existing bridge to get to the main shopping and employment center. The bridge will cost the citizens of Mallsburg $25 million, which will be paid for with a tax on their incomes over the next 20 years. Required:
a. What are the opportunity costs of building this bridge?
b. What are the benefits that citizens will likely receive if the bridge is built?
c. What other factors might you consider in writing this editorial?

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