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Originally Posted by GGG
I’m the other way. Build the infrastructure “good enough”. More people get access earlier and success encourages future investment.
Calgary has 60k of track Edmonton has 38. Would you trade 20-30% of the system for underground downtown? I wouldn’t.
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There is also the case of the London sewage system. Joseph Bazalgette, the man who designed London's sewers in the 1860's, said 'Well, we're only going to do this once and there's always the unforeseen' and doubled the pipe diameter. If he had not done this, it would have overflowed in the 1960's and required a complete overhaul (its still in use today with excess capacity).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bazalgette