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2023-08-25 05:43:02

Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: John Burn-Murdoch (FT) observes that NIMBYs are able to use the planning system in ...

John Burn-Murdoch (FT) observes that NIMBYs are able to use the planning system in the US & UK to impose costs on #infrastructure development through delay & required changes to projects.

He calls this a tax on infrastructure that reduces such investment in both countries.

Certainly, we have seen this in the UK with the difficulties of onshore #windfarms shifting investment to more expensive offshore locations.

We need the politics of infrastructure needs to be more national & less local!
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