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Work started in 1998, with construction taking six years and costing €501 million. Given that large US construction projects always seem to come out costing mu
by joe_the_user 7y ago
Work started in 1998, with construction taking six years and costing €501 million.
Given that large US construction projects always seem to come out costing multiple billions of dollars, this seems quite cheap. The Eastern span of the Bay Bridge ran about $8 billion and Boston's Big Dig also multiple billions.
- brazzy 7y agoWe Germans have noticed this deficiency in our history of construction projects and are currently making up for it in one go with the new Berlin Airport: original planned opening in 2011, still not done and currently about 3.7 billion EUR over budget.
- chopin 7y agoRest assured, things have considerably changed in Germany since then.