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Megaprojects set to change countries forever

Country-changing infrastructure
New administrative capital phase one, Egypt, expected completion: 2021
Doha Metro Line, Qatar, expected completion: 2022
Crossrail, UK, expected completion: 2022
Redevelopment of Indian Parliament buildings, India, expected completion: 2022
California high-speed rail, USA, expected completion: 2022
MOSE, Italy, expected completion: 2022
China-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam border wall, expected completion: October 2022
Jubail II, Saudi Arabia, expected completion: 2024
International thermonuclear reactor, France, expected completion: 2025
Dubailand, UAE, expected completion: 2025
Great Garuda, Indonesia, expected completion: 2025
Chuo Shinkansen Maglev Line, Japan, expected completion: 2027
Great Man-Made River Project, Libya, expected completion: 2030
HS2 phase one, UK, expected completion: first phase 2031
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project, India, expected completion: 2040
South–North Water Transfer Project, China, expected completion: 2050
Etihad Rail, UAE, expected completion: TBC
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Country-changing infrastructure

Governments around the world are currently spending billions on megaprojects that will change their countries forever, from new capital cities to rail links to border walls to the world's largest collection of theme parks. Click or scroll through some of the most ambitious plans and their staggering costs.
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lovemoney staff

15 July 2021

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