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RER E Reaches Mantes-la-Jolie on Its Western Extension
DELAYED2 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 158 daysThe announcement gives a fixed date: "the RER E will begin commercial service as far as Mantes-la-Jolie on February 28, 2027".[1]Four trains an hour will run through to Mantes-la-Jolie over the 47 km of rebuilt track west of Nanterre-La Folie, where Eole's first new section opened in May 2024. The full six-trains-an-hour service is not due until the end of 2029 because of trouble installing the line's new digital signalling and switching system.0.67Notre-Dame de Paris Restoration Complete
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ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 3.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…opened to worshippers in December 2024. Estimated date.…"Work continues on the exterior, flying buttresses and sacristy after the cathedral reopened to worshippers in December 2024. Estimated date.$739M0.65El Insurgente Reaches Observatorio in Mexico City
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CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: London Gatwick "has just completed (Sept 2022) an innovative plan to resurface its main runway".Gatwick Airport finished an overnight resurfacing of its main runway's busiest sections in September 2022, using a leaner method that cut the job to half the usual time and cost, using 70% less asphalt.0.63Grand Paris Express Line 17 Complete
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ESTIMATED68% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsA target, per the source[1]: DB plans "to tackle at least two additional corridors per year until 2030," completing the programme's full rollout by then.Germany announced a multi-billion-euro Generalsanierung programme to fully close and rebuild more than 40 of its busiest rail corridors, aiming to fix decades of underfunded, overloaded infrastructure by 2030.0.62Afsluitdijk's Storm-Proofing Upgrade Wraps Up in the Netherlands
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SCHEDULED84% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: the base tunnel "is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2033"; telt.eu[2] confirms "La date d'achèvement est prévue en 2033", a year later than the earlier 2032 target.At 57.5 km, the Mont Cenis Base Tunnel will be the world's longest rail tunnel, carrying the new Lyon–Turin railway under the Alps between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France, and Susa, Italy.€11.1B0.62
