and, I with others took over in 1974 with a comprehensive study, etc plus at that time thee was the ~Bader' report from the UK.
That report is still relevant today and reports from the intervening period substantiated all it found.
Agreed, Book of Records though it took 50 years to duplicate highway between Mel-Syd, 60 years Bne-Syd; started talking about a second airport for Sydney about then and about 50 plus years later it may, repeat may be finished in another 9 plus years.
HKG demolished an island and built a new airport with bridges, railways and highways in around 6 years.