Maginot came to advocate building a series of defensive fortifications along France's border with Germany that would include a combination of field positions and permanent concrete forts.

Governor DeWitt Clinton strongly advocated building a canal to connect the Hudson River with Lake Erie, and thus all of the Great Lakes.

Others advocate building a sea-level canal to the Salton Sea from the Gulf of California.

Alexander noted that a new church was needed, and advocated building a new one as early as 1866.

He advocated building the barrier as close to the Green Line as possible, a position which would minimize the effects of the barrier on Palestinians.

Four years later, Lodge was defeated by Abraham Ribicoff chiefly because Lodge advocated building the controversial Connecticut Turnpike through many shoreline residential areas.

As part of his $10.6 billion rebuilding plan, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg advocated building a new tunnel beneath the East River to link downtown with the railroad.

The synthesis of a unified Italian language was the main goal of Alessandro Manzoni, who advocated building a national language derived mainly from Florence's vernacular.

Some officials advocate building a special incinerator to handle the medical wastes of the whole region, but no one wants to talk about where it might be built.

However, he also advocated building a dam at Echo Park which would have flooded Dinosaur National Monument.