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I say this to governments and agencies. Over and over. The problem is not finding investors with ideas. There are plenty. Funds. Developers. Contractors. Advisers. People with Power Points under the arm. The issue is distinguishing a serious, feasible infrastructure proposal from something that simply looks impressive. Because most bad projects do not arrive looking bad. They arrive with: A large economic impact. Strong demand forecasts. World-class infrastructure. Private capital. No cost to...
Australia’s Millennium Drought had been going on for years. Melbourne was running out of water. The politicians responsible for keeping the taps running and their seats well heated and cozy faced the kind of question no minister wants to answer: What happens if it does not rain? So Victoria made a decision. Large. Huge. It would build one of the biggest desalination plants in the world. Con 2 c*jones… or with 2 eggs. A plant capable of producing 150 billion litres of drinking water every...
Once, a government decided to build an airport for the future. Not for the demand it had. For the future. Montréal’s existing airport was becoming busy, and passenger numbers were growing rapidly. You know… Expo, Olympic Games… So Canada did what governments are often tempted to do. It thought big. Very big. The new Montréal–Mirabel Airport was intended to become one of the largest airports in the world. I repeat. In the world. The government expropriated approximately 400km2 of land… larger...