tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post3683022341919562881..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Huge infrastructure projects finished quickly: Moving a canal sidewaysDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-39518016595354153382011-06-09T11:42:55.840+02:002011-06-09T11:42:55.840+02:00I love this story! Good photos and text, and a st...I love this story! Good photos and text, and a story about finishing infrastructure on time and within budget!!<br />-Jealous AussieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-70076410794032530252011-06-07T22:17:00.127+02:002011-06-07T22:17:00.127+02:00At first I thought 'god, those people have too...At first I thought 'god, those people have too much free time to do stuff like this. Move a canal?'<br /><br />But then I remembered who we are talking about: the same people who built dams and claimed land from the sea. So on second thought it's not so weird at all.timooohzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002022623367890801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-46346095136371368052011-06-06T23:26:12.317+02:002011-06-06T23:26:12.317+02:00Of course, not everything is on time and within bu...Of course, not everything is on time and within budget. But as I pointed out before, compared to what I was used to, it does sometimes seem just a bit miraculous.David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-58856813120108414272011-06-06T21:30:54.678+02:002011-06-06T21:30:54.678+02:00Oh don't think ALL the huge projects finish wi...Oh don't think ALL the huge projects finish within budget and on time... There are quite a number of examples to the contrary. The North-South metro line in Amsterdam is one such example. But yes a lot do. I know some freeways that were finished months before they were due. And <a href="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/houten-celebrates-cycling.html" rel="nofollow">'Houten'</a> Mark W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07882028603632115187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-55431968202177412002011-06-06T21:23:32.790+02:002011-06-06T21:23:32.790+02:00Of course enormous budget overruns happen with the...Of course enormous budget overruns happen with the really big infrastructure projects in the Netherlands as well, such as the Amsterdam North-south metroline (cost 3.1 billion euro's instead of 1.4 billion) and the Betuweroute freight line (4.7 billion euro's instead of 2.3 billion).<br />What's different with the project featured in this post is that there are no new technologies Ewoutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-27155283450372386332011-06-06T17:53:22.192+02:002011-06-06T17:53:22.192+02:00I'm rather jealous. "Big infrastructure p...I'm rather jealous. "Big infrastructure projects" in the U.S. all have to measure up to the Big Dig, where a $3 billion dollar project ended up costing state and federal governments just under $15 <b>billion</b> dollars. That would buy a lot of bicycle paths, but it got Boston 3.5 miles of freeway tunnel.<br /><br />The ridiculously inflated cost of building infrastructure in the Robert Guicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388103684697773466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-34611978807895912812011-06-06T14:07:22.127+02:002011-06-06T14:07:22.127+02:00An infrastructure project finished on time, on bud...An infrastructure project finished on time, on budget and with coordination of all utilities? Where do you live, Utopia?<br /><br />Round my way Thames Water is opening the same street several times a year to fix leaks, BT are doing some stuff too but at different times, and there are potholes the length of the road. But hey, we have Trident! Take that, Gouda-munching Dutch!Nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05451083510383812797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-87534555632071934722011-06-06T12:04:27.104+02:002011-06-06T12:04:27.104+02:00Ha, it takes an outsider to notice these changes. ...Ha, it takes an outsider to notice these changes. I have lived in Assen since 1980 and never really was aware of all the work in progress. It all went its natural course as tinkering with the "townscape" is a very popular Dutch activity. In twenty years, Assen's town centre will again have changed entirely.Frits Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399632570565541892noreply@blogger.com