The Most Expensive Construction Projects Known to Mankind

5. Water Transfer Project, South-North

Place: China Completed Cost: More than $79 billion * Year: 2050 The government-funded South-North Water Transfer Project was projected to cost more than twice as much as the Three Gorges Dam. Its goal is to relocate 44.8 billion cubic meters of water from the Yangtze River in the south to the north of the nation. By 2014, the $62 billion estimated cost had already increased to $79 billion, and further increases are anticipated.

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Project for the South-North Water Transfer @Makalewakan2 and Twitter.com Among the several difficulties this protracted endeavor would encounter were claims made by a portion of the 300,000 people who were relocated as a result of land reclamation that they were coerced into signing relocation contracts. There have also been worries that the region of the Pacific Ocean into which the Yangtze River empties could suffer significant ecological harm if this massive volume of water is moved. The South-North Water Transfer Project is still anticipated to be finished by 2050, notwithstanding these disputes.

6. Rapid Speed 2

Where: United Kingdom * Total Outlay: $121–244 billion Completed Year: Mid-2030s High Speed 2 UK is being implemented by HS2 Ltd., which is supported by the Department of Transport. It is anticipated that Phase 1 alone will add 40,000 new jobs to the economy. The concrete needed to construct the 330 miles of track on the HS2 network will occupy an area almost equivalent to Manchester.

Twitter.com, FirstESource, and UK @HighSpeed 2 For those worried about the effects of the rail system on the environment, it was revealed that over two million new trees would be planted along the route between London and the West Midlands and that the increased number of commuters using the railway would result in a more than 25% reduction in carbon emissions.