Delays caused by securing approval for infrastructure projects cost the U.S. more than twice what it would cost to fix the infrastructure itself, according to a new report released by Common Good , a nonpartisan government-reform coalition. The group said that those approvals can take a decade or longer to get and even a six-year delay in starting construction on public projects costs over $3.7 trillion– or more than double the $1.7 trillion needed through the end of this decade to modernize the country’s overall infrastructure.
