“The Expensive Setback of Brussels’ Nord Metro Project: Government Persists Despite Cost Estimate Increase”

Lhe Nord metro is still a priority for the Brussels government. Too bad if the construction site was already at a standstill near the Palais du Midi because of technical problems that were too expensive to solve. Too bad if this week another link in the chain has dropped. This time it was the section between the Gare du Nord and Bordet. A section of seven stations managed by Beliris, which announced Monday to the government that the project would cost at least 1 billion more than what was estimated, just for this section. Interested companies submitted offers that were much more expensive than expected and Beliris put the project on hold. Despite everything, Rudi Vervoort’s team persists. It still wants to put the Nord metro at the heart of its mobility policy. Julien Thomas covers Brussels news. He deciphers with us the reaction of the Brussels government.

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