Paris metro expansion plan delayed before 2024 Olympics


FILE PHOTO - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris on Thursday admitted construction delays to its 38.5-billion-euro (34.07 billion pounds) metro expansion plan, despite having promised easy to access public transport to 100 percent of venues for the 2024 Olympic Games.

The Grand Paris Express development, one of Europe's biggest infrastructure projects, involves building 200 km (124 miles) of track and 68 stations.

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