China to Build Morocco High-Speed Rail Line For $350 Million - Newsweek
China to Build Morocco High-Speed Rail Line For $350 Million - Newsweek

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China to build Morocco high-speed rial line for $350 million

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/41983405
oh damn that's so cheap
For comparision, in Berlin Germany there is currently an unnecessary and deeply unpopular inner city highway extension being built. It costs about €300 million per kilometer.
It's easy when you only pay workers five dollars a day, work them like mules for twelve hours a day, are building in the open desert, don't need to do environmental impact surveys, and use cheap building materials and workmanship that starts to fall apart after ten years