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Is the UK uniquely awful at big infrastructure projects?

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Title

Is the UK uniquely awful at big infrastructure projects?

Media type

Radio

Media name

BBC

Date

2023-09-28

Producer

More or Less, BBC Sounds

Persons

  • Bent Flyvbjerg(Research cited)

Description

With the UK government reportedly considering scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the HS2 high-speed rail line, you might be wondering whether Britain is worse at building major infrastructure projects than other countries.

To find out, we’ve done some digging of our own with the help of Prof Bent Flyvbjerg…