Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE): America once prided itself in building great projects; now, those projects are hampered by bureaucracy and overregulation.

America once prided itself in building great projects; now, those projects are hampered by bureaucracy and overregulation. -It will have taken almost 25 years to permit and construct The Gross Reservoir expansion project in Colorado, expected to be completed in 2027. -It took almost 20 years to permit the Kensington gold mine in Alaska. -It took four years to construct a new runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, but it took 15 years to get the permits -It took Shell seven years and $7 billion to get the federal government’s permission to drill a single oil-exploration well off the coast of Alaska. -It took 17 years to receive a permit for the SunZia energy project in the Western US. - It took more than 40 years to permit the Cooper Landing Bypass project, a 15 mile highway project in Alaska. -New U.S. highway construction projects usually take between nine and 19 years from initial planning and permitting to completion of construction. Sources: shorturl.at/pJimi shorturl.at/Qxxdw shorturl.at/LHVFL shorturl.at/dj3GX gao.gov/products/GAO-0…