ted wrote:
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.

Not about the bid for the Olympics. The Olympic bid doesn't even include
Crossrail, and everyone knows very well that it wouldn't be finished in
time - it's scheduled for completion in 2013.

The benefits can hardly be questioned, at 2:1. And with many of the
accrued benefits returning to the Treasury in taxation, a significant
proportion of which will get spent north of Watford Gap, the rest of the
country shouldn't be too upset about it either.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London