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Construction starts on Britain's high-speed rail project

| September 6, 2020 12:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — Construction formally began Friday on Britain's 106 billion-pound ($140 billion) high-speed railway project, aiming to forge better connections between cities for decades to come.

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