If it is, the Turnpike would build it at an undetermined date atan estimated construction cost of $90 million, or $45 million permile. That would make the short artery one of the most expensiveroads in the state.

The Turnpike is starting a $1 million study to see if the roadwould generate the volume of vehicles needed to make it break evenat least. The study will take two years to complete.

For Universal, however, the extension, built from toll-roadrevenue, could trigger the next wave of park development, estimatedby Universal itself years ago as at least $1 billion. That'sbecause the extension would run through Universal's 1,800 acres ofundeveloped dirt within spitting distance of the four million-sfOrange County Convention Center.

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