[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Reza Chowdhury [@RezaC1](/creator/twitter/RezaC1) on x 18.6K followers Created: 2025-07-19 15:53:59 UTC WHY PEOPLE HAVE NO FAITH IN THE GOVERNMENT’S ABILITY TO DO INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW YORK The current construction disaster on the Van Wyck Expressway has been dragging on since 2007 - nearly two decades of bungled phases, blown deadlines, ballooning costs, and daily traffic misery. For context: the entire highway was originally built in just three to four years, between 1950 and 1954 - without today’s technology, without armies of consultants, and without billion-dollar burn pits disguised as “budgets.” We’ve gone from building highways in four years to endlessly “upgrading” them for twenty, all while delivering less and costing more. That’s why nobody trusts this government to get anything done. The expressway was supposed to improve access to the airport. Now it’s just a permanent construction site named after Robert Anderson Van Wyck, the first mayor of the consolidated New York City. XXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/RezaC1/status/1946599406951911462)
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Reza Chowdhury @RezaC1 on x 18.6K followers
Created: 2025-07-19 15:53:59 UTC
WHY PEOPLE HAVE NO FAITH IN THE GOVERNMENT’S ABILITY TO DO INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW YORK
The current construction disaster on the Van Wyck Expressway has been dragging on since 2007 - nearly two decades of bungled phases, blown deadlines, ballooning costs, and daily traffic misery.
For context: the entire highway was originally built in just three to four years, between 1950 and 1954 - without today’s technology, without armies of consultants, and without billion-dollar burn pits disguised as “budgets.”
We’ve gone from building highways in four years to endlessly “upgrading” them for twenty, all while delivering less and costing more. That’s why nobody trusts this government to get anything done.
The expressway was supposed to improve access to the airport. Now it’s just a permanent construction site named after Robert Anderson Van Wyck, the first mayor of the consolidated New York City.
XXX engagements
