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China accidentally blocks highway with new apartment buildings

Chinese officials were forced to cut this motorway in half to go around a block of flats after the building was accidentally erected in its path before the road was built. [Photo: Courtesy]

-Adapted from Daily Mail

Blundering Chinese officials were forced to cut a motorway in half to go around a block of flats after they accidentally erected the building in its proposed path then realised it would cost too much to relocate the tenants.

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