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petagny

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Spanish White Elephants
« on: June 01, 2012, 13:55:51 GMT »
This article on the BBC website gives some examples of recent white elephant projects in Spain:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18277681

Cultural venues and airports seem to have been favourite ways of wasting public money. There are plenty of similar examples from around the world, along with sports stadiums, motorways, high-speed railways and bridges.

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Re: Spanish White Elephants
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2012, 15:13:21 GMT »
Here's some more on Spanish white elephants.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18855961

Some real classics here! I particularly like the runway at Ciudad Real which is long enough to take the A380.

 

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