该项目已历经近12年的规划。用英语怎么说？

该项目已历经近12年的规划。

The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

project

vt. 放映，计划，发射，展现，使突出；vi. 伸出，突出；

例句
...a project from which considerable benefit will accrue to the community...
使社区持续受益的项目

has

v. 有( have的第三人称单数 )，（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做过的手术

gone

adj. 过去的，用完了，死去的，无望的，无可挽救的；v. go的过去分词；

例句
We have seen this as an attempt to place the blame for a policy that has gone adrift.
我们已经认识到，这是把责任归咎于一项已偏离方向的政策的一种企图。

through

prep. 通过，穿过，经由，透过，凭借；adv. 从头到尾，彻底，自始至终；adj. （电话）接通，通话完毕，有洞的，直达的；

例句
The proposal was instantly voted through with two to one in favour, accompanied by enthusiastic applause...
在热烈的掌声中，提案以2比1的优势很快通过了表决。

nearly

adv. 几乎，差不多，险乎；

例句
His increasing alignment with the Reagan administration nearly cost him re-election.
与里根政府日益紧密的关系差点让他失去了连任的机会。

dozen

n. （一）打，十二个；adj. 一打的；

例句
A dozen inmates have absconded from Forest Jail in the past year.
去年共有12名犯人从福雷斯特监狱逃脱。

years

n. 年( year的名词复数 )，年纪，一年的期间，某年级的学生；

例句
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him...
他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

planning

n. 计划，规划；v. “plan”的现在分词，计划，设计；

例句
There was evidence that thirteen people in all had taken part in planning the murder.
有证据表明共计13人参与策划了这起谋杀。