Infrastructure Project Delays Tracker
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September 2026
Real Estate & Infrastructure
A structured record of 96 confirmed schedule delays and cost overruns on US infrastructure projects with original contract values above $100 million, reported in July 2026. Each event captures the project name, contracting authority, original and revised timeline or budget, the nature of the delay, and the responsible party. Coverage spans transport, energy, water, and social infrastructure projects at federal, state, and local government level.
Infrastructure project delay postponed overrun cost schedule announced
Project finance lenders and infrastructure fund managers monitor delay announcements to assess covenant risk and timeline slippage in their loan books. Construction insurers and surety bond providers track overruns to evaluate claims exposure on bonded projects. Government procurement teams and programme management offices use delay data to benchmark delivery performance and identify systemic project management failures.
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%"><table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:240px">Event</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Government Body</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Cost Overrun Amount</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Original Completion Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Revised Budget Currency</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Cost Overrun Currency</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Original Budget Amount</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Delay Duration</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Project Type</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Revised Completion Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Original Budget Currency</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Involved Company</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Project Name</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Announcement Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Delay Reason</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Revised Budget Amount</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Location</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td style="min-width:240px">Dublin MetroLink Projected Cost Rises to €17.5 Billion with Service Delayed to 2036-2038</td><td style="min-width:140px">Department of Transport</td><td style="min-width:140px">8000000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2030-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">9,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">over 20 years</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2036-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">awarded construction and engineering leaders Jacobs and Aecom the Programme Delivery Partner contract</td><td style="min-width:140px">MetroLink</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-16</td><td style="min-width:140px">soaring construction costs, building inflation, and design changes</td><td style="min-width:140px">17,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Dublin, Ireland</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.independent.ie/county/kildare/metrolink-is-vital-but-cannot-be-a-runaway-train-when-it-comes-to-costs-says-kildare-td/a/161543277.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.ie/county/kildare/metrolink-is-vital-but-cannot-be-a-runaway-train-when-it-comes-to-costs-says-kildare-td/a/161543277.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="min-width:240px">Dhaka MRT Line-1 Cost Overrun and Seven-Year Delay Approved by ECNEC</td><td style="min-width:140px">Executive Committee of the National Economic Council</td><td style="min-width:140px">618,334,600,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-12-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">BDT</td><td style="min-width:140px">BDT</td><td style="min-width:140px">525,614,300,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">7 years</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2033-12-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">BDT</td><td style="min-width:140px">Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) is responsible for constructing and operating metro rail in Dhaka.</td><td style="min-width:140px">MRT Line-1</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-16</td><td style="min-width:140px">Delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, exchange rate fluctuations, inflation, project design changes, tax increases, and complexities in constructing Bangladesh's first underground metro rail.</td><td style="min-width:140px">1,143,948,900,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Dhaka, Bangladesh</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://tob.news/metro-delays-push-costs-up-by-tk1-1-lakh-crore" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://tob.news/metro-delays-push-costs-up-by-tk1-1-lakh-crore</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="min-width:240px">Stockholm Subway Expansion Delayed with SEK 22.9 Billion Cost Overrun</td><td style="min-width:140px">Administration for expanded subway, Region Stockholm</td><td style="min-width:140px">22,900,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2035-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">SEK</td><td style="min-width:140px">SEK</td><td style="min-width:140px">76900000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">1 to 2 years</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2037-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">SEK</td><td style="min-width:140px">Nya Tunnelbanan (Region Stockholm)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Stockholm subway expansion</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-25</td><td style="min-width:140px">Delayed mining contracts, underestimated testing time, skyrocketing construction costs, and inclusion of future risks</td><td style="min-width:140px">99,800,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Stockholm, Sweden</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.dn.se/sverige/stockholms-utbyggda-tunnelbana-blir-23-miljarder-dyrare-an-planerat" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.dn.se/sverige/stockholms-utbyggda-tunnelbana-blir-23-miljarder-dyrare-an-planerat</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style="min-width:240px">Whoosh High-Speed Railway Schedule Delays and Cost Overruns in Indonesia</td><td style="min-width:140px">Indonesian Government</td><td style="min-width:140px">1200000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2019-12-31</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">5500000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">4 years</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2023-10-17</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC), which helped build the Whoosh line</td><td style="min-width:140px">Whoosh High-Speed Railway</td><td style="min-width:140px">2023-02-13</td><td style="min-width:140px">land disputes, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a $1.2bn budget overrun</td><td style="min-width:140px">7360000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Java, Indonesia</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.idnfinancials.com/nl/news/69516/lindon%C3%A9sie-sollicite-la-chine-pour-la-construction-dun-chemin-de-fer-de-2-772-km-%C3%A0-kalimantan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.idnfinancials.com/nl/news/69516/lindon%C3%A9sie-sollicite-la-chine-pour-la-construction-dun-chemin-de-fer-de-2-772-km-%C3%A0-kalimantan</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td style="min-width:240px">LAX Automated People Mover Delayed to January 2027 with Cost Overrun to $3.34 Billion</td><td style="min-width:140px">Los Angeles World Airports</td><td style="min-width:140px">1,340,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2023-03-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">1,900,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">3 years</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2027-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">contractor LAX Integrated Express Solutions now targeting January instead of October</td><td style="min-width:140px">LAX Automated People Mover</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-24</td><td style="min-width:140px">Unfinished tasks, safety testing requirements, and contract disputes</td><td style="min-width:140px">3,340,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Los Angeles, California, United States</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://pulptastic.com/laxs-nightmare-people-mover-delayed-again-three-years-after-scheduled-opening" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://pulptastic.com/laxs-nightmare-people-mover-delayed-again-three-years-after-scheduled-opening</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td style="min-width:240px">City of Hamburg and Deutsche Bahn Report €13 Million Cost Overrun for Sternbrücke Project</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hamburg Senate</td><td style="min-width:140px">13,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">125000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2 weeks</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">Deutsche Bahn was able to justify the higher costs.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Sternbrücke</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-29</td><td style="min-width:140px">difficult ground conditions (schwieriger Baugrund)</td><td style="min-width:140px">99,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hamburg, Germany</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/verkehr-hamburg-zahlt-mehr-fuer-neubau-der-sternbruecke-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-260929-930-761185" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/verkehr-hamburg-zahlt-mehr-fuer-neubau-der-sternbruecke-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-260929-930-761185</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td style="min-width:240px">Rail Baltica Railway Project Delays and Cost Escalation in Latvia</td><td style="min-width:140px">European Union</td><td style="min-width:140px">18000000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2025-12-31</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">5800000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">at least 5 years</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2034-12-31</td><td style="min-width:140px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:140px">RB Rail AS, the joint venture of the Baltic states which is responsible for implementing the Rail Baltica project.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Rail Baltica</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-22</td><td style="min-width:140px">financing the project in parts, waiting for European Union funding cycles, and postponing decisions on other financing sources</td><td style="min-width:140px">23800000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Latvia</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://balticnews.com/the-cost-of-delaying-rail-baltica" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://balticnews.com/the-cost-of-delaying-rail-baltica</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td style="min-width:240px">Interstate Bridge Replacement Program Cost Estimate Increases to $14 Billion</td><td style="min-width:140px">Washington State Department of Transportation and Oregon Department of Transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">8400000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2034-12-31</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px">6,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2 years</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2045-12-31</td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">Interstate Bridge Replacement Program</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-03-17</td><td style="min-width:140px">Inflation, rising labor costs, and tariffs</td><td style="min-width:140px">14,400,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/can-light-rail-survive-vancouver-washingtons-new-bridge" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/can-light-rail-survive-vancouver-washingtons-new-bridge</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td style="min-width:240px">Postponement of Vietnam's $67 Billion Rail Project</td><td style="min-width:140px">Ministry of Construction</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">67,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">1 year</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">USD</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">North-South high-speed railway</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-09</td><td style="min-width:140px">objective factors (slower-than-expected implementation) and land clearance delays</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">Vietnam</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.klamm.de/news/vietnam-schiebt-67-milliarden-dollar-schienenprojekt-zurueck-die-buerokratie-gewinnt-erneut-64N20260909070533.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.klamm.de/news/vietnam-schiebt-67-milliarden-dollar-schienenprojekt-zurueck-die-buerokratie-gewinnt-erneut-64N20260909070533.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td style="min-width:240px">Daewoo Engineering & Construction Consortium Gadeokdo New Airport Schedule Delay and Cost Overrun</td><td style="min-width:140px">Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport</td><td style="min-width:140px">620,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">2029-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">KRW</td><td style="min-width:140px">KRW</td><td style="min-width:140px">10,700,000,000,000</td><td style="min-width:140px">22 months</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2035-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">KRW</td><td style="min-width:140px">Daewoo Engineering & Construction Consortium</td><td style="min-width:140px">Gadeokdo New Airport</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-07</td><td style="min-width:140px">soft marine sediment/soft ground requiring costly ground reinforcement work</td><td style="min-width:140px">10700000000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">Gadeokdo, Busan, South Korea</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/014/0005572068" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/014/0005572068</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>11</td><td style="min-width:240px">Deutsche Bahn Delays Berlin-Stettin Railway Line Completion to December 2028</td><td style="min-width:140px">Deutsche Bahn (DB)</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">2020-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">1 year</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2028-12-01</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">Deutsche Bahn announced on Friday.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Berlin-Stettin railway line</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-25</td><td style="min-width:140px">Capacity bottlenecks in the market for control and safety technology services</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">Berlin to Stettin, Germany</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-09/69677182-bau-der-bahn-strecke-berlin-stettin-verzoegert-sich-noch-ein-jahr-003.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-09/69677182-bau-der-bahn-strecke-berlin-stettin-verzoegert-sich-noch-ein-jahr-003.htm</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>12</td><td style="min-width:240px">Melbourne Airport Rail Project Delayed Due to Station Location and Line Format Disputes</td><td style="min-width:140px">Australian federal government and Victorian authorities</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">2029-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">10000000000</td><td style="min-width:140px">4 years</td><td style="min-width:140px">transportation</td><td style="min-width:140px">2033-01-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">AUD</td><td style="min-width:140px">Melbourne Airport</td><td style="min-width:140px">Melbourne Airport Rail</td><td style="min-width:140px">2024-05-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">disputes regarding the location of the station and the line format (surface or underground)</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">Melbourne, Australia</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://ua.news/ua/world/u-melburni-stantsiiu-keilor-east-planuiut-zbuduvati-do-2031-roku-abc-news-australia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://ua.news/ua/world/u-melburni-stantsiiu-keilor-east-planuiut-zbuduvati-do-2031-roku-abc-news-australia</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<h3>What qualifies as a confirmed delay?</h3><p>A delay is recorded when the project owner, contractor, or a government body publicly confirms a schedule slip, cost overrun, or contract dispute on a US infrastructure project with an original value above $100 million.</p><h3>Are cost overruns without schedule delays included?</h3><p>Yes, provided the cost overrun is formally acknowledged and material (typically a significant percentage increase over the original contract value). Cost overruns and schedule delays often co-occur and both are captured.</p><h3>Are private infrastructure projects included?</h3><p>The dataset focuses on projects with public funding or public authority involvement. Purely private-sector construction projects without government contracts or public financing are generally excluded.</p><h3>How often is this dataset updated?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>