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In addition to adestefan's point, think about the qualifications the "technical agency" would need to have, and now you have another large government bureaucrac
by Anechoic 14y ago
In addition to adestefan's point, think about the qualifications the "technical agency" would need to have, and now you have another large government bureaucracy which isn't so popular these days.
For a transit project, this technical agency would need expertise in the following areas (at a minimum):
- vehicle procurement
- infrastructure procurement
- construction management
- geology and geotechnical engineering
- noise & vibration
- pest control
- air quality
- fire safety
- dust control
- archeology
- animal migration
- water quality & watershed
And you would need enough staff in those areas to handle the workload. I would support such an agency, but many folks would not.
- danmaz74 14y ago"and now you have another large government bureaucracy which isn't so popular these days": That is exactly my point. Of course, if being a civil servant not only pays less (as adestefan says), but it also brings the stigma of being "just a bureaucrat", you're not going to have very good people there. But things don't have necessarily to be so: Serving the common good is a very motivating goal for many people; not everybody just goes after the biggest paycheck. At least where money isn't the only measure for everything.