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Originally Posted by 77002
On Dec 2, 10:43*pm, D1039 wrote:
I've not been following this buthttp://www.bettertransport.org.uk/blogs/roads/011211-london-crossings
reports that the Mayor and Chancellor said that the Government would
support the scheme to extend the Northern Line, but it transpires all
the Government actually agreed to do was to ‘consider’ allowing the
Mayor to borrow against future tax receipts to support the scheme,
subject to a commitment by a developer to develop the site and make
the agreed contributions. Within three days Battersea Power Station's
owners went into administration.
I'm not sure how this affects plans?
I am not sure in its present form, the extension is good use of
taxpayer funds.
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It's not a good use of taxpayers' funds because it's designed to help only a small group of people and it's not designed improve interchange facilities. To re-iterate the point I made earlier - which at some stage in the distant future will become the orthodox wisdom, shared by politicians and pundits alike - the sensible and constructive extension of the Northern Line is down to Clapham Junction and possibly further south-west.
Oh, and by the way, it is essential that Northern Line trains from Clapham Junction proceed along the City branch and are not confined to the Waterloo branch.