Well, it's not just years, every day of that means money that gets shifted. I couldn't find the article I read years ago about one of the companies involved, an

Well, it's not just years, every day of that means money that gets shifted. I couldn't find the article I read years ago about one of the companies involved, and their string of similar projects in other countries, but here's something to give you an idea how much this thing reeks: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36185194 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36185194 When I read "embarrassingly poor planning" and similar phrases in articles about it, I have to think of someone who "clumsily" spills coffee on the dress of Marilyn Monroe, for lack of a better image, and then "embarrassingly" ends up with his head planted on her chest, because he "stumbled" while "hastily trying to make up for the mistake with a handkerchief". Sure, that's one way to put it. But beyond all the plausible deniability, someone is benefitting, one way or another.