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

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61 points peutetre | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 13:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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looofooo0 ◴[20 Nov 24 14:59 UTC] No.42194458[source]▶
It is really a shame, that the west cannot build cheap infrastructure anymore.
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TheOtherHobbes ◴[20 Nov 24 16:56 UTC] No.42195851[source]▶
The UK did just fine with HS1 - built under budget - and the Elizabeth Line, which was over and late but has been a huge commercial and popular success.

HS2 is just a bad answer to the problems its trying to address.

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growse ◴[20 Nov 24 17:35 UTC] No.42196299[source]▶
What's a better answer to freeing up WCML capacity?
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1. DrBazza ◴[20 Nov 24 19:33 UTC] No.42197315[source]▶
Not telling potential contract bidders what the value of each contract is and then being surprised when they bid at that value.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hs2-rishi-sun...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/07/hs2-the-zomb...

> Mr Holden also said HS1 was successful because the true budget was known to just “a handful of people”, while HS2 contractors inflated their prices once they saw the latter project’s true budget.

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2. growse ◴[20 Nov 24 19:37 UTC] No.42197345[source]▶
You seem to be answering a different question.