You bet it is political. On a related note, I worked on this project, and the budget rose from $90 something million to $122 million after the 'preferred team' was selected. The winning team originally was awarded it in 2005, and then it was re-released in a new competition in 2011. Damn government goes through their selection processes, wasting everybody else's time and money in the process knowing full well who they want from the start.
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