Show Delays Strain Taxpayer Federal tap red-tap causes inexcusable delays in projects costing the taxpayers ers billions of dollars The recent hearing of the House Public Works Subcommittee Sub Sub- committee spotlighted a few examples While private industry takes about two years to design and construct an office building it takes the Government almost five According to a government expert this increase increase in in- crease the cost by 35 per cent The lengthening ever delays in the Interstate Highway System construction have added 12 billion dollars to the cost A federal quick reference form for listing information tion lion on the environmental impact of a project to be answered by the project sponsor has small squares Now it requires 15 years to plan and construct an average average aver aver- age water water shed shed protection project compared to 9 years in 1963 In summing up Committee Chairman Rep James C C. C Jim Wright Jr D D Tex says These hearings have demonstrated that red tape tap can be a sieve through which escape much of the benefits intended by a program and much of the taxpayers' taxpayers hard earned money Congress should stem this waste of manpower and money |