Here in America we put the communities who will be most directly affected by these projects in charge of the projects. It seems at first like a sensible and dem

Here in America we put the communities who will be most directly affected by these projects in charge of the projects. It seems at first like a sensible and democratic idea, we don't want some distant government shoving decisions down our throats. Unfortunately these local governments lack the expertise and manpower to effectively manage such large projects, and they are at the mercy of small but vocal groups who don't care about the long term success of their communities. It is incredibly inefficient for every municipality to create and maintain the bureaucratic infrastructure necessary to administrate projects on this scale when they might actually use it once every few decades, and it is unreasonable to expect the various parties involved to forego their personal interests and biases and look at the situation objectively. It would make much more sense for the local population just to be consulted on what the major requirements for the project are, and for a state, regional, or federal organization to take those requirements and figure out a way to get them done. At that larger level, you'll have enough projects going on that you can justify a large staff of experts, the wheel won't have to be reinvented time and time again, and decisions will be made based on well developed best practices by people who don't have obvious conflicts of interest.