Eighteen years later, vast amounts of money have been spent, yet most of the planned Wall remains no more green than Abdi Guelleh’s barren field. What began as one of the world’s most ambitious ecological undertakings has in many ways devolved into a cautionary tale of poorly planned projects, lacking in local participation and entangled in a labyrinth of opaque financing.
Sounds like Newsom and his high speed rail system between LA and SF. The initial budget (2008) was $9.95 billion dollars for the 385 mile system. Today, 18 years later, 80 miles have been built and the cost is now projected to be between $70 and $100 billion. Gov’t has no incentive to be efficient or honest and CA has managed to be both inefficient and corrupt at the same time.