There is a problem in that a construction project takes several years, from planning through to finally finishing.
If other plans change, it is hard to change construction plans that are already budgeted and enacted.
A compounder is that Congress is not good on long-term planning. They’re too worried about the next election cycle.
It takes only 2 seconds to say “Stop.”
It takes only 2 minutes to write a memo saying “Stop.”
But it also takes an infinite amount of courage to say “We (the government) were wrong.”