It makes sense, but I also wonder how much they're really saving by building the infrastructure now and then having to maintain it. One of the greatest lessons

It makes sense, but I also wonder how much they're really saving by building the infrastructure now and then having to maintain it. One of the greatest lessons SimCity teaches about infrastructure is that you've got to pump a minimum amount of money into the transportation department for your roads -- with very little wiggle room -- or everything seizes up and goes to shit. Even not being used, that stuff costs money, and I can't imagine that a half-trillion-dollar rail project won't need a ton of maintenance. I guess the rights-of-way issues would be much easier to sort out now rather than later, too.