Paris pays 1.7 billion for Runion highway
At a time of economic crisis, infrastructural projects are being shelved by governments across the planet.
Not so however for French authorities, who are set to sign a cheque for a staggering €1.66 billion (£1.31 billion) to pay for the construction of a 7.8-mile stretch of coastal motorway on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion.
Dubbed the "most expensive road in France,” the price of building the new highway works out at nearly £110,000 per metre.
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