Queensland Reverses Course, Commits to Rebuilding Paradise Dam Wall in Place · Chronopin

Queensland Reverses Course, Commits to Rebuilding Paradise Dam Wall in Place · Chronopin

Énergie22/09/2026@EnergyDesk
New Spitallamm Dam Replaces Century-Old Cracked Wall
Kraftwerke OberhasliSpitallamm Dam, Grimsel Pass, Bern, Switzerland
Commence le 31/12/2025ESTIMÉ CONFIANCE 65 %il y a 266 joursSources place the new dam's completion in 2025 - some reporting it already in operation by autumn 2025 - with the powerplant's full restart following in 2026; no single confirmed completion date was found.^[1]
Swiss utility KWO finished building a new 113-metre arch dam directly in front of its cracked 1932 predecessor high in the Grimsel Pass.
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Transports15/09/2026@BuildDesk
Brisbane's Cross River Rail Now Targets 2029 Opening
Woolloongabba Station, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Commence le 31/12/2029REPORTÉ5 ans de retardCONFIANCE 66 %dans 3,3 ansFirst passenger services were originally expected around 2024-2026; Queensland's own Cross River Rail authority now targets 2029, after cost estimates grew from the promoted $6.3BN toward $19BN.^[1]
Brisbane's Cross River Rail, a new underground rail line meant to double the city's river crossing capacity ahead of the 2032 Olympics, has slipped to a 2029 opening.
A$19B
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Droit23/09/2026@LawDesk
Un juge estime que Sable Offshore devait obtenir des permis côtiers pour réparer son oléoduc
Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United StatesSable Offshore…
Commence le 15/10/2025CONFIRMÉ CONFIANCE 89 %il y a 343 joursPrésenté comme un fait accompli, selon independent.com^[1] : « En fin d'après-midi mercredi dernier, Anderle s'en est tenu à sa décision provisoire », dans un article daté du vendredi 17 octobre 2025.
Le juge Thomas Anderle, de la Cour supérieure de Santa Barbara, a confirmé sa décision provisoire contre Sable Offshore : les travaux de réparation menés par l'entreprise sur 121 sites le long de son oléoduc de 135 miles sur la côte de Gaviota nécessitaient des permis d'aménagement de la California Coastal Commission et ont enfreint le Coastal Act. La décision maintient l'injonction qui suspend toute nouvelle réparation et laisse ouverte la question de l'amende de 18 millions de dollars infligée par la Commission.
$18M
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Architecture15/09/2026@BuildDesk
Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Targets 2027 Completion
ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, New Zealand
Commence le 31/12/2027ESTIMÉ CONFIANCE 57 %dans 1,3 anGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "the project is officially listed with a completion target of 2027, though the restoration could be completed as early as 2028."
Christchurch, New Zealand is rebuilding its earthquake-destroyed Anglican cathedral, the city's best-known landmark, with completion targeted for 2027 as part of a wider USD $42BN post-quake rebuild.
$42B
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Infrastructures14/09/2026@BuildDesk
Jakarta Sets September 2026 Groundbreaking for Its Giant Sea Wall
Jakarta Bay, Jakarta, Indonesia
Commence le 30/09/2026ESTIMÉ CONFIANCE 70 %dans 7 joursEstimated: the January target was September 2026, but on 3 September 2026 CNN Indonesia^[2] reported Governor Pramono is "menunggu arahan dari pemerintah pusat" (awaiting the central government's direction) rather than confirming it, and on 20 August he said "Ini kan pemerintah pusat. Kita menunggu saja" when asked if it would go ahead in September.
Jakarta's government targeted September 2026 to break ground on its 19km stretch of a hybrid concrete-and-mangrove sea wall, part of a revised, roughly 500km national coastal defence plan that has replaced the earlier Garuda-shaped bird design.
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Droit23/09/2026@LawDesk
La juge Geck maintient l'injonction bloquant le redémarrage de l'oléoduc terrestre de Sable
Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United StatesSable Offshore…
Commence le 27/02/2026CONFIRMÉ CONFIANCE 88 %il y a 208 joursPrésenté comme une action accomplie, selon biologicaldiversity.org^[1] : « Une Cour supérieure de Santa Barbara a maintenu aujourd'hui son injonction préliminaire de juillet », dans un communiqué daté du 27 février 2026.
Une Cour supérieure de Santa Barbara a maintenu son injonction préliminaire de juillet interdisant à Sable Offshore Corp. de redémarrer le réseau d'oléoducs terrestres de Las Flores, qui s'était rompu à Refugio State Beach en 2015, et imposant un préavis de 10 jours ouvrables judiciaires avant tout redémarrage. La décision précise aussi que la prise de contrôle du réseau par l'administration Trump en décembre et son permis spécial d'urgence n'affectent pas la décision antérieure du tribunal.
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Transports15/09/2026@BuildDesk
BQE Rebuild Pushed Back to a 2030 Start
Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Commence le 31/12/2030REPORTÉ CONFIANCE 70 %dans 4,3 ansStreetsblog'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.
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Infrastructures15/09/2026@BuildDesk
Afsluitdijk's Storm-Proofing Upgrade Wraps Up in the Netherlands
Breezanddijk, Afsluitdijk, NetherlandsLevvel
Commence le 01/06/2023ESTIMÉ CONFIANCE 64 %il y a 3,3 ansHappened 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.
$617M
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Énergie22/09/2026@EnergyDesk
Hidroituango Dam Crisis Forces Mass Evacuation in Colombia
EPMItuango, Antioquia, Colombia
Commence le 12/05/2018CONFIRMÉ CONFIANCE 81 %il y a 8,4 ansHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "On 12 May, a sudden release of water from the dam flooded municipalities of Puerto Valdivia and Taraza downstream."
A blocked diversion tunnel at Colombia's roughly $4 billion Hidroituango hydroelectric project triggered flooding and landslides that forced thousands of people downstream to evacuate.
$4B
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Infrastructures14/09/2026@BuildDesk
Polavaram Irrigation Project Targets 2027 Completion
Polavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Commence le 31/12/2027ESTIMÉ CONFIANCE 66 %dans 1,3 anDecember 2027 is the official scheduled completion date (Deccan Chronicle^[3], 8 December 2025), with the agencies pushing to finish before the Godavari Pushkaralu in July 2027. Wikipedia's^[2] infobox instead expects July 2029. The pin keeps the official 2027 target its title is about, dated to the last day of that year, but as an estimate that later sources may not bear out.
India's Polavaram multi-purpose dam on the Godavari river, one of the country's largest irrigation and hydropower projects, is racing toward completion under a Rs 12,157 crore central funding boost.
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Énergie22/09/2026@EnergyDesk
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Inaugurated
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia
Commence le 09/09/2025CONFIRMÉ CONFIANCE 86 %l’année dernièreHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Ethiopia made history today with the inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)".
Ethiopia formally inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in September 2025, capping over a decade of construction on Africa’s largest hydropower project.
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Architecture14/09/2026@BuildDesk
Montreal's Olympic Stadium Roof Targeted to Reopen in 2028
Stade olympique, 4545 Avenue Pierre-De Coubertin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Commence le 31/12/2028PROGRAMMÉ CONFIANCE 80 %dans 2,3 ansGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "expected to be completed by 2028".
Quebec is replacing the perpetually troubled retractable roof of Montreal’s 1976 Olympic Stadium with a new fixed structure, targeting a 2028 reopening.
C$870M
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