News Japan’s $64bn maglev train delayed ‘at least seven years’ Central Japan Railway (JR Central) said on Friday that it had abandoned its plan to complete an ultra-high-speed railway between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027, Kyodo News reports. JR Central…
News China halts local projects as municipal debt hits $13 trillion Beijing has told a dozen local governments to halt or delay infrastructure projects to limit debt increases, Reuters reports. Local governments in China have some autonomy in how they implement…
News California website shows progress of every infrastructure project The state of California launched a website yesterday tracking the progress of state and federal infrastructure projects and how taxpayers’ money is being spent on them. The build.ca.gov site aims…
News Gordie Howe bridge is $700m over budget and 10 months late The Gordie Howe cable-stayed bridge under construction between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan is 10 months behind schedule and C$700m over budget, the authority building it has said. Funded by…
News Belarus sets five-year deadline to finish uncompleted construction projects Belarus’ Architecture and Construction Ministry has announced plans to set a five-year deadline to complete all unfinished construction projects. The announcement was broadcast by Ruslan Parkhamovich, the architecture and construction…