La Reunion Island is set to break a world record for wasting public money on the construction of a 12-kilometer road. The initial budget was 1.6 billion euros. It was used to build half the road. To build the other half, the Region and the State have pledged at least 800 million euros. And that’s not all: a consortium are claiming 971 million euros in unpaid and additional costs from the Region for the half-offshore road, which was built with great difficulty. On September 17, a hearing (…)