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Fri 01 Jan 2009The true cost of public infrastructure
PLATFORM:An assessment of any project must include the cost to surrounding businesses and people
FIDDLING WITH an allen key in order to assemble a flat-pack coffee table is an almost universal experience for people across the developed world. But while the process of assembling a table usually involves little more than a puzzled examination of the instruction leaflet, the construction of the large out-of-town stores where such tables are bought is far more complex.
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