"...Does anyone believe that contemporary Americans could build another transcontinental railroad in six years?
But after more than a decade of government incompetence, lawsuits, cost overruns and constant bureaucratic squabbling, they have all but given up.
...Who were those giants of the 1960s responsible for building our interstate highway system?
...When California had to replace a quarter section of the earthquake-damaged San Francisco Bay Bridge, it turned into a near-disaster, with 11 years of acrimony, fighting, cost overruns...
...In inflation-adjusted dollars, we spent six times the money on one-quarter of the length of the bridge and required 13 agencies to grant approval.
In 1936, just one agency oversaw the entire bridge project.
California has not built a major dam in 40 years..."
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