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BQE Rebuild Pushed Back to a 2030 Start
Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, New York, USA
DELAYED70% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsStreetsblog's[3] report of 24 August 2026 on the new mayoral plan - 'Construction will start in 2030, wrap up in 2040', a 10-year $4 billion rebuild - is newer than the NYC[2] DOT project page's 2029 start, which is where the pin's earlier date came from. No day is given, so it is dated to the last day of 2030.New York's plan to rebuild the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway now targets a 2030 construction start after yet another mayoral reset.0.67The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes
ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.[1]Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.0.66NYC Targets 2030s for the Interborough Express
ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "officials said they expect the first trains to run in the 2030s."The MTA is pushing ahead on a new light rail line linking Brooklyn and Queens via a freight corridor that has never had passenger subway service.$5.5B0.65Afsluitdijk's Storm-Proofing Upgrade Wraps Up in the Netherlands
ESTIMATED64% CONFIDENCE3.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "completed the work in 2023."The Levvel consortium finished reinforcing the 32-kilometre Afsluitdijk sea wall with tens of thousands of custom concrete blocks so it can withstand a one-in-10,000-year storm.$617M0.64New Harbor Bridge Opens in Corpus Christi
New Harbor Bridge, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The long-awaited, $1.3 billion Harbor Bridge opened Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas".After years of safety-related construction halts and cost overruns, the new cable-stayed Harbor Bridge across Corpus Christi's ship channel finally opened to traffic in 2025.$1.3B0.63MTA's $68.4BN 2025-2029 Capital Plan Gets Final Approval
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the MTA's[3] 2025-2029 Capital Plan has been approved so quickly by the CPRB".New York's MTA won final approval for a record $68.4 billion five-year capital plan aimed at modernizing the aging subway, from new train cars to next-generation train control.$68.4B0.62One Times Square $500M Redevelopment Completes
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE265 days agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the renovation was finished by January 2026."Jamestown's $500 million overhaul of the long-vacant One Times Square, home of the New Year's Eve ball drop, wrapped up with a new glass facade, museum and observation deck.$500M0.61Construction Begins on New York's Hudson River Rail Tunnel
North River Tunnel, Weehawken, New Jersey
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "construction finally began Nov. 3 on the Hudson River Tunnel portion of the Gateway Program[2]".Crews broke ground on the Hudson Tunnel Project, a new rail tunnel meant to relieve the century-old, storm-damaged North River Tunnel beneath the Hudson River.0.61The Galveston Hurricane Becomes the Deadliest US Disaster
Galveston, Texas, United States
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE126.0 years agoThe source[1] says the system "peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (235 km/h) on September 8" and "made landfall around 8:00 p.m." that evening — about 02:00 UTC on 9 September. The storm is known by its local date of 8 September.A Category 4 hurricane drove a storm surge of over 15 ft across Galveston Island, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people. It remains the deadliest natural disaster in United States history.0.61Grand Central Madison Opens After $11BN East Side Access Project
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE3.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the station opened as scheduled on that date, with the first train leaving Jamaica at 10:45 am."The MTA's East Side Access project opened Grand Central Madison, a new Long Island Rail Road terminal built in caverns roughly 150 feet beneath Park Avenue.$11B0.60American Copper Buildings Complete on Manhattan's East River
ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCE7.7 years agoDated to the end of 2018 because the sources give only a period: the east tower opened "late 2018", completing the pair (the west tower opened in April 2017). The skybridge itself was installed from January 2016.[1]Developer JDS Development Group and architects SHoP completed the American Copper Buildings on Manhattan's East River in 2018, two leaning towers joined by a three-storey glass skybridge.0.60262 Fifth Avenue Rises Over the Empire State Building's Sightlines
ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per archdaily.com[3]: Meganom "is nearing completion" of the tower as of December 2025, with delivery expected in 2026.Five Points Development's slender 262 Fifth Avenue condo tower topped out in Manhattan's NoMad district in 2024 and is on track to open in 2026, drawing criticism for blocking classic views of the nearby Empire State Building.0.60
