Why America can’t build quickly anymore

Re:Why America can’t build quickly anymore by smallmind on Sunday March 20, 2022 @08:13AM (#30742010)

In this bridge example, not only did it cost $19 billion to build, but the tolls collected actually do not cover operating costs. Doubt their 20 year plan included having to dump more money into the bridge to just keep it working. There are a lot of Youtube videos about China's similar problems with their large high speed rail network.

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Re:Why America can’t build quickly anymore by Closi on Sunday March 20, 2022 @09:08AM (#30742314)

To OPs point though, the goal wasn’t to pull a profit it was to build links between the two countries.

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Re:Why America can’t build quickly anymore by whimsicalism on Sunday March 20, 2022 @11:07AM (#30743219)

Hong Kong isn't a separate country

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Re:Why America can’t build quickly anymore by Closi on Monday March 21, 2022 @11:26AM (#30755160)

Ok, special administrative region. It has its own laws, currency etc so I don’t think this changes the overall point.

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Re:Why America can’t build quickly anymore by Aperocky on Sunday March 20, 2022 @12:06PM (#30743827)

you can say the same about most of China's vast highway network. When they were newly built, most of these didn't have the traffic needed.

Now a few of them are constantly congested.

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