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> since it's the government doing the building shouldn't that not really be a "cost", order the department to waive any fees. This assumes that the cost is due
by bhelkey 4y ago
> since it's the government doing the building shouldn't that not really be a "cost", order the department to waive any fees.
This assumes that the cost is due to fees imposed by the government.
From the article:
>> [The costs] include planning, drawing, permits, reviews and public outreach.
>> we expect to be able to complete [the toilet] in 2025
- willcipriano 4y agoIt couldn't cost more than say 200k (and that is pretty crazy the article says the plumbing hookups are there it's not like they have to dig up a city block to run a sewer line or something) to actually build the thing so we are talking what? A million and a half in illustration, planning and review for a single toilet?
- bhelkey 4y agoI don't have any special insight here but, in other cases, environmental reviews and environmental lawsuits are tools used to stifle new developments. > a rejected San Francisco apartment complex...required a more than 1,110-page environmental assessment [1] It is not socially acceptable to charge a million dollar permit for constructing a toilet. It is socially acceptable to make the process so onerous that it costs more than a million dollars to complete. Think of the environment. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-04-20/the-landmark-environmental-law-inside-a-nimby-firestorm https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-04-20/the-landm...