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Old July 30th 03, 09:33 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport
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Default Crapita bailed-out over congestion charging

In message MPG.1990e1503aa60134989df0@slave, Ade V
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It would seem that Ken has had to pay Crapita £31 mill, because the
poor ickle darlings weren't making as much money as they'd hoped for.
Why? Because (a) the in-zone traffic as fallen by 16%, not the 10-15%
forecast, and (b) less penalty fines are being dished out (whether due
to the fundamental honesty of British drivers, or due to Crapita's
legendary incompetence, is not made clear)


Is the difference between 15% and 16% really £31m?
I think your find that Captia can't run a proper service without the
right amount of income. And as part of the deal Captia are going to take
on more staff to check the accuracy of people caught not paying the
charge to stop innocent people being sent demands.
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