This is a really weird article if you’ve seen basically any non-decorative railway bridge anywhere in the UK.
Starting to make these WSJ stories of ‘UK is doing <whatever> wrong’ look a little forced?
Since it’s paywalled hard to tell if they included the actual facts about why it took so long too:
> The works in Botley Road were initially due to be completed in October 2024.
Setbacks ranged from archaeological finds, the discovery of a World War Two grenade and essential work to replace part of the gas network
Starting to make these WSJ stories of ‘UK is doing <whatever> wrong’ look a little forced?
Since it’s paywalled hard to tell if they included the actual facts about why it took so long too:
> The works in Botley Road were initially due to be completed in October 2024. Setbacks ranged from archaeological finds, the discovery of a World War Two grenade and essential work to replace part of the gas network