BER is it's own special case, but the general gist I'm piecing together from media reports is that Germany has a planning problem because there are not enough g

BER is it's own special case, but the general gist I'm piecing together from media reports is that Germany has a planning problem because there are not enough government workers to plan projects. For example, there is a budget reserved for infrastructure. The poor regions often fail to produce good enough project plans in time. The richer regions have more planners and present additional projects at the end of the year to get the left over money.