Infrastructure building at a loss is very much not okay for a government and is usually the result of some form of corruption (e.g. privatize the profit), incom

Infrastructure building at a loss is very much not okay for a government and is usually the result of some form of corruption (e.g. privatize the profit), incompetence (e.g. misaligned incentives) or both. However, the cost-benefit analysis on governmental projects typically includes non-monetary or indirect benefits.