After Hurricane Sandy, New York invested $7.6 billion dollars into flood-proofing the subway – yet it still floods. Now the city’s Metro Transit Authority is looking to spend a further billion dollars on a whole new raft of measures to help fight flooding from tropical storms and from heavy rainfall.

WSJ spoke with an MTA engineer to see how the city is looking to improve subway flooding to keep some four million daily NYC subway riders moving.

Chapters:
0:00 MTA spending
0:54 Hurricane Sandy failures and normal operations
3:03 Active storm surge protections
5:27 Passive storm flood protections
8:03 Bigger projects

Pro Perfected
Experts in engineering and design break down a ubiquitous problem, examining how the world is built and what can make it better.

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Jakarta is the fastest sinking city in the world, and the Indonesian government is moving its capital 800 miles away from the island of Java. Nusantara is set to open next month but with investors pulling out, project heads resigning and little complete, the city’s fate remains uncertain.

WSJ explores how the promised capital risks squandering Indonesia’s funds and damaging the country’s reputation.

Chapters:
0:00 Moving Indonesia’s capital
1:04 Why Nusantara?
2:30 Challenges in construction
4:30 Geopolitical criticism
5:58 Future of the project

Breaking Ground
Breaking Ground digs into megaprojects around the world, uncovering what these developments might mean for the surrounding region and the ultimate costs.

#indonesia #megaproject #wsj

Canada is the world’s fourth largest oil producer because of Alberta’s oil sands, but 98% of its exports go to the U.S. The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion aims to change that and open up
exports to new markets in countries like Japan, China and India.

WSJ explores what’s at stake for Canada’s global ambitions and the world’s oil and energy markets.

Chapters:
0:00 Canadian oil
0:45 Who wants this?
4:48 Geopolitics
6:58 Is the expansion worth it?

Breaking Ground
Breaking Ground digs into megaprojects around the world, uncovering what these developments might mean for the surrounding region and the ultimate costs.

#canada #megaprojects #wsj