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Expanded Panama Canal Opens to Neopanamax Ships
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE10.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "Later this afternoon, the vessel will reach the Pacific-facing Cocoli Locks where the official Inauguration ceremony will take place."A nine-year, $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal was inaugurated, adding a wider Third Set of Locks for larger Neopanamax vessels.$5.3B0.67Messina Strait Bridge Wins Final Design Approval
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "approved the final project for a permanent connection between Sicily and Calabria".Italy's government gave final approval to build a suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina, reviving a project that had stalled for over 50 years.€13.5B0.66Chacao Channel Bridge Opens
ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 2.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…ecting Chiloé Island to mainland Chile. Estimated date.…"South America's longest suspension bridge, finally connecting Chiloé Island to mainland Chile. Estimated date.$740M0.64Judge Geck Upholds the Injunction Blocking Sable's Onshore Pipeline Restart
Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United StatesSable Offshore…
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE208 days agoStated as a completed action, per biologicaldiversity.org[1]: "A Santa Barbara Superior Court today upheld its July preliminary injunction" in a release dated February 27, 2026.A Santa Barbara Superior Court upheld its July preliminary injunction blocking Sable Offshore Corp. from restarting the Las Flores onshore pipeline system that ruptured at Refugio State Beach in 2015, requiring 10 court days' notice before any restart. The ruling also clarifies that the Trump administration's December move to seize control of the system and issue an emergency special permit does not affect the court's prior decision.0.63PHMSA Issues Emergency Special Permit for Santa Ynez Pipeline Segments
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE274 days agoStated as a completed action, per sableoffshore.com[1]: "on December 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration ... issued an emergency special permit".The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued an emergency special permit for segments 324 and 325 of the interstate Santa Ynez Pipeline System, approving Sable Offshore's enhanced integrity management practices and setting operational conditions. It is a step toward restarting the onshore transportation that has kept Sable's restarted Santa Ynez Unit oil in storage rather than on sale.0.62Judge Rules Sable Offshore Needed Coastal Permits for Pipeline Repairs
Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United States
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE343 days agoStated as a completed event, per independent.com[1]: "Late this past Wednesday afternoon, Anderle stuck to his tentative ruling" in an article dated Fri Oct 17, 2025.Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle finalized his tentative ruling against Sable Offshore, holding that the company's repair work at 121 sites along its 135-mile Gaviota Coast pipeline required California Coastal Commission development permits and violated the Coastal Act. The ruling leaves intact the injunction halting further repairs and keeps the Commission's $18 million fine a live issue.$18M0.61Panama Metro Line 3 Opens
SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 251 daysGiven as scheduled, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…il 2027. Phase 2 is 58% complete and is scheduled for completion in October 2028, when commercial op…"A monorail crossing the Panama Canal through a new 4 km tunnel to reach the fast-growing west of the city. Estimated date.$4B0.60Sable Restarts Santa Ynez Pipeline Oil Flow Under DPA Order
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE193 days agoStated as accomplished fact, per sableoffshore.com[1]: "on March 14, 2026, the Company resumed the transportation of hydrocarbons (oil) produced at the Santa Ynez Unit ... through the ... Santa Ynez Pipeline System".Sable Offshore resumed shipping crude from Las Flores Canyon to Pentland Station through the Santa Ynez Pipeline System on March 14, 2026, complying with a Defense Production Act order issued by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The company expects first sales by April 1, 2026 at a gross oil rate of 50,000 Bbls/d, which it says would raise domestic crude supply into the California market by about 17%.0.59Vistula Spit Canal Opens, Bypassing Russian Waters
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CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE4.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the canal was officially inaugurated on 17 September 2022."Poland opened the Vistula Spit Canal, a new $450M channel letting ships reach the port of Elbląg without passing through Russian-controlled waters near Kaliningrad.$450M0.59The 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.0.59Austerlitz Basin Opens to Clean Up the Seine for the Olympics
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the basin was inaugurated on May 2, 2024."Paris inaugurated the Austerlitz basin, a giant underground stormwater tank built to stop sewage overflow into the Seine in time for Olympic swimming events.$1.5B0.59Hoover Dam Dedicated by President Roosevelt
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE91.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates dam September 30th."President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, then the largest concrete structure ever built.0.59
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