It took a year to build the Empire State Building, and 5 years to build the Hoover Dam yet current estimates for the Francis Scott Key bridge rebuild are near 10 years. Why is this? Have we regressed?
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The short simple version: red tape. Every construction requires bidding processes, piles of permits, environmental studies, input periods from the community, etc. 100 yrs ago, someone could buy land, and have the permits in short order due to less requirements (and an easier time greasing palms). Now between real learned needs (such as the long-term environmental impact studies) and artificially needed reasons (I won’t list any to keep this neutral), you will have constant process stops and waits both for those permits and studies and while local/higher governments get involved to put their stamp on something. This is a great video, btw: https://youtu.be/dOe_6vuaR_s?si=Asxbv7ZlfYE1bOc6
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