Re: Chicken & Egg Problem
With respect over a multi decadal infrastructure project that is a National Interest project of major import to the economy, that $8Bill will be dwarfed by operational and maintenance and upgrade costs of the dogs breakfast we are getting, especially with all the field mounted powered electronics as Climate Change is delivering increasingly weird weather, massive intense flooding and periods of intense heat.
Not to mention limiting the whole network, with massive amounts required for piecemeal upgrades.
Truly an engineering project designed by suburban tax accountants