While the federal government considers an ambitious plan, a similar project in the UK has seen its fair share of controversies.

HS2 ran tens of billions of pounds over budget and will open years late because it was designed to be unnecessarily fast, MPs have been told. Lord Hendy, the rail minister, made the claim as he ...

The construction of HS2 was always going to miss its delivery target because the plan was rushed by ministers, the government's former infrastructure chief has said. Sir John Armitt, who ended his ...