• Kilgore Trout
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    10 months ago

    That’s a little too long for laying tracks and electrical lines.

    Although even in the Italian city I take for reference, Bologna, construction of line 1 started in 2023 and is expected to finish complete in 2026. If it was a private company with no external contract awarding, it sure wouldn’t take this long.

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      10 months ago

      Belgian here. Our ex PM’s two brothers have been caught printing fake money in connection with the cosa nostra. It may help to explain our tenancies to have never ending public work. Embezzlement doesn’t help not to overrun delays and budget.

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        10 months ago

        These project can be sped up massively if there is prior land available to use as rail. For example a road or street, too bad we don’t have those.

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        10 months ago

        This is after planning and awarding. It’s 3 years just for phisical construction.