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Old March 15th 16, 10:26 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default BBC reports on SSL resignalling debacle
On 14/03/2016 16:52, wrote:
Isn't the real problem that TfL believed (whether misled by Bombardier or
otherwise) that they could get the SSL resignalling for £800M-odd less than
it turns our it will cost them?


Yes. With one-off procurements it's often hard to know if the budget
over-run is "it cost more than it needed to" or "it was always going to
cost more than we thought it would". Or of course "it cost what we
privately thought it would but we lied to get approval".

I also note the BBC felt it was not necessary to mention that John Biggs
is a Labour and Co-operative Party member of the London Assembly.
Perhaps they just knew in their bones his comments were totally apolitical.


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