In message , at 15:20:20 on Thu, 8 Dec 2016,
tim... remarked:
It's government kit flying

This line has as much chance of being privately funded as the A14
improvements did.

Not necessarily. It could go ahead if the government guarantees the
revenues, which is effectively what happens with PFI deals.

well reading a few more newspaper reports, it does seem that the plan
isn't necessarily for it to be *funded* by the private sector (as some
of the initial headlines proclaimed), but merely for the private sector
to be in control of the build and operation.

But I still suspect that if it turns out to need 100% funding from HMG,
it wont go ahead.

I remain convinced that there is little demand for significant local
journeys on the route and no strategic need for the Eastern section.

Did you mean "Central section"? The Eastern section (Cambridge to
Norwich) already exists.
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Roland Perry