The World's Most EXPENSIVE Road

This is the new van route to literal and it's one of the most expensive roads on earth. It's just 12. 5 km long yet it's cost $2 billion US and counting. That's because it's being built on the island of Reunion in a remote corner of the Indian Ocean. On one side, unstable volcanic cliffs sending rocks crashing down. On the other, the open ocean exposed to cyclones and once in a century storms. But that's not all. The road needs millions of tons of rock and the island ran out of quaries. Delays piled on, costs climbed, and this simple road became one of the most complex and controversial infrastructure projects that France has ever attempted. You can get the full story on this project in our full