Building Infrastructure in the US

From the Hoover Dam to the Second Avenue subway, America builds slower
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/27/infrastructure-projects-new-york-subway-hoover-dam/ 

Years of Delays, Billions in Overruns: The Dismal History of Big Infrastructure
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/us/infrastructure-megaprojects.html 

Why does it cost so much more to build transportation networks in the US than in the rest of the world?
https://www.vox.com/22534714/rail-roads-infrastructure-costs-america

Why it costs more to build and maintain US infrastructure

http://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/02/10/why-we-cant-have-nice-things-2/