Call for an Institution with the Authority and Mandate with Regard to Technical Disputes and Fundamental Consideration for the System

Based on this evidence and many other examples, this paper advocates a drastic overhaul of the system, in which a distinction is made between simple, standard projects, less simple solutions that can be assessed with performance requirements, and high-value projects which are handled in accordance with the science of probabilistics. Next to or in addition to the Council of State, there has to be a technical body appointed under statute with non-departmental public body status, which can issue binding rulings in technical disputes, with very short procedural delays.