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Public Works: Influence of Public Opinion
A well informed public can and will raise such objection to projects which they know to be unsound that no Federal, State, or Municipal Administration will dare to undertake such projects.
Public works are, in general, so complicated as to be little understood by the general public. In recent years and in the past, many uneconomical public works have been undertaken, for reasons of political expediency, and have gone unchanged because the public has not understood their unsound character. This lack of understanding by the public is largely due to the fact that the Government seldom furnishes the information necessary for a basis of sound judgment, but misleads and misinforms the public by extravagant statements and propaganda favorable to such projects.
Engineers, from their training and experience, can and should study these projects and inform the public, in simple language that can be readily understood, the facts concerning such projects that will give the best possible knowledge from which the economic feasibility and desirability of such ventures may be judged. Some of the Government projects of the past, present, and probable future, are discussed briefly, herein, and these objectionable features pointe d out.
Public Works: Influence of Public Opinion
A well informed public can and will raise such objection to projects which they know to be unsound that no Federal, State, or Municipal Administration will dare to undertake such projects.
Public works are, in general, so complicated as to be little understood by the general public. In recent years and in the past, many uneconomical public works have been undertaken, for reasons of political expediency, and have gone unchanged because the public has not understood their unsound character. This lack of understanding by the public is largely due to the fact that the Government seldom furnishes the information necessary for a basis of sound judgment, but misleads and misinforms the public by extravagant statements and propaganda favorable to such projects.
Engineers, from their training and experience, can and should study these projects and inform the public, in simple language that can be readily understood, the facts concerning such projects that will give the best possible knowledge from which the economic feasibility and desirability of such ventures may be judged. Some of the Government projects of the past, present, and probable future, are discussed briefly, herein, and these objectionable features pointe d out.
Public Works: Influence of Public Opinion
Mead, Daniel W. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 104 ; 652-667
2021-01-01
161939-01-01 pages
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