The Department also suggested to us that the delivery of infrastructure has been too focused on “grand projects or big schemes that are binary—you do them or you don’t do them” as opposed to setting a long–term intent and delivering it in smaller incremental stages. The Department explained that in such circumstances it can be easier to commit to each stage, is more controllable as a project, you can learn the lessons from each stage and reapply them to subsequent stages and it is likely to bring passenger benefits and economic benefits sooner, as they are not relying on the whole thing.84 82 Q 63 83 Qq 27, 63 84 Q 64 26