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Lesson Learned

Feasibility studies should be completed before the program implementation timeline begins. The engineering feasibility study wasn’t submitted until two years after the program had officially begun and midway through what should have been the construction period.

Feasibility studies should be completed before the program implementation timeline begins. The engineering feasibility study wasn’t submitted until two years after the program had officially begun and midway through what should have been the construction period. This two-year delay effectively removed all program contingency.