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We at Spain are the (western Europeans) kings of corruption and we still build very cheap according to the article, so that doesn't explain it: https://www.bbc

• nextos 3y ago
  Spain has a long tradition in civil engineering and is able to reach some of the lowest costs per km in multiple infrastructures, despite a difficult landscape, and execute complex projects well. Two things really help: * Government has an engineering corps that draft really detailed specs for all projects, and ensure compliance * Laws that allow confiscating land in the name of public interest The second item tends to be problematic in common law frameworks typical of the Anglosphere.
• jasec57322 3y ago
  I'll explain it, since no other local has bothered to. In the UK, those who know don't call the so-called 'DfT - Department for Transport', we call it Department for Roads, because that's what it is. But those who actually know are not yet a majority. The majority think 'Dr Beeching' (an mere frontman), destroyed the railways, yet have never heard the name Ernest Marples. Since the Marples creature unleashed carnage decades ago, there hasn't been a single government in Westminster which has not been anti-railways. Nobody wants 'HS2'. The railway industry does not want it. The PR for it is ridiculous even by Unicorn-chaining HM Gov standards (see: Gareth Dennis), even the contractors admit its a farce. Not only does 'HS2' reflect the bigotry of UKpolitik against real civilised transport, but it reflects a much greater stagnation and overall decline in the 'yu-kay' formerly Great Britain.