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Britain is building one of the world’s most expensive railways

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61 points peutetre | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 13:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Dennip ◴[20 Nov 24 15:28 UTC] No.42194722[source]▶
Mismanagement aside, HS2 required 8000+ different permits along its route [1], as well as years of opposition and legal battles from environmental groups and NIMBYs.

This is a significant portion of the cost, huge amounts of 'green tunnels' and cuttings are being created where they are not needed.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/07/cost-of-shed...

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1. MichaelZuo ◴[20 Nov 24 16:06 UTC] No.42195230[source]▶
This is what I find really bizarre, huge sums spent on hypothetical risks based on pure conjecture, e.g. the bat shed, with apparently not even any compelling evidence presented for such risks.