Germany is absolutely the wrong example here (I am from Germany): - the last U5 extension in Berlin (2.2km) took over 10 years to complete https://en.wikipedia

Germany is absolutely the wrong example here (I am from Germany): - the last U5 extension in Berlin (2.2km) took over 10 years to complete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U5_%28Berlin_U-Bahn%29?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U5_%28Berlin_U-Bahn%29?wprov=s... - the Stuttgart 21 project was presented in 1994(!), started construction in 2010, was protected to end in 2019 and by now, the main station is expected to be finished in 2025, with more to follow. Of course it went massively over budget and was probably one of the more protested against projects in the last few years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart_21?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart_21?wprov=sfla1 - the BER airport is probably one of the most "famous" projects. Planning began in 1991, construction in 2006(!). The planned opening was in October 2011, but the first plane landed in October 2020, nine years later https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport?wpr... - NIMBYs preventing wind turbines is a big issue too, the most recent discussion was about Bavaria preventing new plans with ridiculous requirements (sadly no English source here) https://www.br.de/nachrichten/amp/bayern/wie-viel-windkraft-passt-nach-bayern,SuzfFvZ https://www.br.de/nachrichten/amp/bayern/wie-viel-windkraft-...