public works follow through

This is a sports stadium (or the beginnings of one) in Songyuan. Apparently it has been abandoned for a while because something in the plans for it wasn't quite right. The government encountered a problem and just stopped working on it.

This is kind of typical for China I'm noticing. Taking the train around, you see tons of new construction that even from the train clearly has no logical plan behind it or has been abandoned. Especially roads. I've seen so many beginnings of bridges, where maybe four support pillars are started, all at different random stages of progress, and then a half mile down there will be seven more, all at different stages as well, and with no visible connection to an actual street anywhere.

I was talking to a Chinese friend about this once and he said that Chinese and the government start projects but they won't plan well and there is no system of checks and balances or follow through to ensure they finish. Bizarre.