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BQE Rebuild Pushed Back to a 2030 Start
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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.0.67Stockholm's Förbifart Bypass Tunnel Now Targets 2030
DELAYED12 years late67% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "As of the end of 2019, the expected completion time is 14 years, year 2030".Sweden's roughly $4.5BN Förbifart Stockholm bypass tunnel, originally due in 2018, is now expected to open by 2030 after more than a decade of delays.$4.5B0.66Réunion's Nouvelle Route du Littoral Set for Full Completion
Nouvelle Route du Littoral, La Grande Chaloupe, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
ESTIMATED67% CONFIDENCEin 3.8 yearsThe route has already been delayed for years by court rulings, redesigns and rework, so this remains a target rather than a firm date. Given as scheduled, per the source[1]: "for a complete opening mid-2030."The final offshore-viaduct section of Réunion's storm-battered coastal highway replacement, plagued by quarry bans and redesigns, is now due to fully open by mid-2030.0.64Afsluitdijk'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.$617M0.64Second Gotthard Road Tunnel Due to Complete
SCHEDULED76% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsA mid-2025 setback added cost and rework but the project team says it is still on schedule. Given as scheduled, per the source[1]: "It is due to be completed in 2030."Switzerland's second bore under the Gotthard Pass, approved by referendum in 2016 to let the original 1980 tunnel close for renovation without cutting off the A2, is on track to finish by 2030.$2.7B0.63Thailand-China Railway's First Phase Pushed to 2030
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
DELAYED4 years late66% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "Thailand targets 2030 completion of first phase of high-speed rail link to China".The Bangkok-to-Nakhon Ratchasima leg of Thailand's high-speed rail link to China, once due by 2026, is now targeted for 2030 after years of delays.0.63North East Link Opens in Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria
ESTIMATED71% CONFIDENCEin 1.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…nnelling commenced in mid 2024, with an expected completion in late 2028.[7][8] In 2021, the length…"Victoria's largest road project, burying the missing link in Melbourne's ring road in twin three-lane tunnels. Estimated date.A$26.1B0.62Germany Launches Its Biggest Rail Overhaul in Decades
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 2030.0.61CPK Poland's Central Transport Hub Targets 2032 Opening
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, Baranow, Grodzisk County, Masovian Voivodeship, PolandCentralny Port Komunikacyjny
SCHEDULED76% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "Port Polska's new airport is set to open in 2032".Poland's planned Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) airport and high-speed rail hub, 25 miles west of Warsaw, is now targeted to open in 2032.$34B0.61Lyon-Turin Base Tunnel Targeted for 2033 Completion
ESTIMATED72% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "The project is expected to be completed by 2033."TELT, the joint French-Italian agency building the Mont d'Ambin base tunnel under the Alps, is now aiming to finish the roughly 57km bore by the end of 2033.€11.1B0.60Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop East Targets 2035 Opening
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: Stage One "will cost an estimated $33BN and will be finished by 2035," a target that depends on continued state funding for a multi-decade build.Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop, a 90km orbital line built to connect Melbourne's suburbs without funnelling every trip through downtown, is aiming to open its first 26km stage in 2035. The state costs its first two stages at AUD $31-58BN; Victoria's Parliamentary Budget Office put the build at $125BN.0.60France Aims to Transport Passengers on High-Speed Driverless Trains by 2023
The French government-owned railway, SNCF's project “drone trains” plans to put driverless trains on tracks by 2023.0.59
