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Thank you for the added imagery, I just love feats of engineering like this. Coming from rural Australia and having moved out into the world, the scale of some
by ehnto 6y ago
Thank you for the added imagery, I just love feats of engineering like this.
Coming from rural Australia and having moved out into the world, the scale of some things never ceases to boggle my mind. I am so used to things being too hard or costly to do. Not to diminish the things we do accomplish in Aus.
A really simple example of this is bridges. I remember seeing a bridge in Japan with what must have been hundreds of pylons in the middle of the city, dancing past buildings, over intersections and under other bridges. In Aus, I feel we just wouldn't do it.
- Thorentis 6y agoAustralia unfortunately has a lot of catching up to do infrastructure wise. Every project becomes politicised, initially under funded, ends up going over cost, key roles get outsourced. We missed the infrastructure boom that other countries had post WW2 so now we look like we're falling behind. Motorways that the US had in the 70s are only just being constructed in some of our major cities.
- ehnto 6y agoTotally agree. On the other hand, it does put us in the unique position of being able to learn lessons from mature infrastructure projects from around the world. Hopefully we can be more effective because of it, but we'll see!
- dkdk8283 6y agoYour new infrastructure will still be cheap to maintain while the rest of the world lags in maintenance. Aus will catch up.