 Because the power once reserved for county governments was now in the hands of municipal administrations, major land use, environmental, and infrastructure issues often pitted one town against another, sometimes resulting in little or no progress on some projects.Complicating this, the state constitution delegates a large portion of the state's authority to the towns.That meant that a major multi-town project could be completely derailed if only one of the affected towns opposed the project since the project would require each affected town to issue its own permits for the portions within its territory.