John writes


It will be a first if any government funded, directly managed project
comes in at anything under double the budget - dome, Scottish
parliament, portcullis annex to house of parliament, NHS computer
system, etc. etc.

Come on its all about this bid for the Olympic games which a lot of the
country north of Watford gap couldn't care two monkeys about.
There is also the possibility that a few people will benefit
financially from this . What the effect for the local populace will be
IF it gets built time will only tell.
As to will it be built to time and budget not very likely.