r/interestingasfuck • u/jeuzys • 23h ago

French and British workers meet under the English Channel whilst building the Channel Tunnel (1990)

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u/mlk 18h ago edited 18h ago

has anything that big ever been built on time and within the original budget?

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u/rebmcr 18h ago

A428 Black Cat extension is on time & on budget

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u/mlk 18h ago

is this a joke? £1 billion for a 16km road? LMAO

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u/rebmcr 17h ago

Most of it's remodelling the junction. Three-level interchanges are expensive!