Spalding Western Relief Road

⚙️ not^°hard word sure whether "environment^°hard word" or "transportation^°hard word" would be the channel here.

https://tomharwood.substack.com/p/aspic-britain-and-the-bridge-to-nowhere

💡 it is sometimes good to see that disparate^°hard word political systems have the same problems at the same time.

Here, a region^°hard word in England has the same problems as^°hard word many parts of the US have with infrastructure^°hard word development.

And there are two distinct^°hard word problems:

• A series^°hard word of bad-faith^°hard word "environmental^°hard word" oppositions^°hard word, etc^°hard word. can derail^°hard word a project for decades, requiring^°hard word excessive^°hard word costs^°hard word for no good reason.
• A "zombie^°hard word" project that has no benefit^°hard word will continue^°hard word to be developed for decades, because nobody can kill it off.

Perhaps California^°hard word High-Speed^°hard word Rail is the canonical^°hard word example for this type of dual^°hard word problem. But the motorway^°hard word in England has the same problem. If it was proposed^°hard word in 2011, and nobody liked^°hard word it then^°hard word ... why are they building it in 2022?

The meaningless^°hard word environmental^°hard word "reviews^°hard word" that never accomplish^°hard word anything^°hard word are stupid, but this author's^°hard word insistence^°hard word that "greenbelts^°hard word" are bad and nothing should ever^°hard word stop more growth is equally stupid.