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[email protected] · December 13th 10, 05:47 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:52:22 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
It's not just the maintenance costs which have to be met from revenue,
there's a huge wodge of the build cost that the county promised would
not have to be met by taxpayers.

Theres nothing quite like a local council vanity project to really waste
taxpayers money. How the hell did it ever get approval from the DoT?

Wrong. It's a DfT vanity project that the County Council got saddled with.
Something had to be done and the DfT wouldn't pay for anything else. They
think guided bus is high quality public transport on the cheap. My
spilling chukka understands what DfT means.

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Colin Rosenstiel