https://stateofcitiessummit.ca/files/041224_Understanding-the-Drivers-of-Transit-Construction-Costs-in-Canada-A-Comparative-Study.pdf

  • knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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    16 days ago

    The thing that gets me with all of these projects in the west is how each governing entity is completely unable to ask others with experience and expertise for help. Every single time any sort of infrastructure project comes up it seems like the wheel needs to be reinvented, rather than asking someone else who successfully built a wheel for some advice.

    I get that subway projects are huge undertakings, but bigger and more dense cities have done it before. None of this is new.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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      16 days ago

      I suspect that this is an artifact of capitalist mechanics. These contracts are typically handed out to private companies to implement since there's no state owned industry to speak of. As a result, the companies want to extract as much money as they can from the government leading to long running and overbudget projects.