Every story and comment from the Hacker News API, in a layout borrowed from 2001.
A comment on Reports of the death of California High-Speed Rail have been greatly exaggerated. Parent comment
£1.2 BILLION before a single spade in the ground for the lower thames crossing
https://www.ft.com/content/917d4b7f-318e-46fe-ba44-664551ebc...
The planning document alone was 350,000 pages long, and cost about £1000 per page (£350m).
What western countries lack is someone empowered enough to just say "fuck it, make it happen", and be held accountable once it's built.
£1.2 BILLION before a single spade in the ground for the lower thames crossing
https://www.ft.com/content/917d4b7f-318e-46fe-ba44-664551ebc...
The planning document alone was 350,000 pages long, and cost about £1000 per page (£350m).
What western countries lack is someone empowered enough to just say "fuck it, make it happen", and be held accountable once it's built.