Paul Terry,

You are getting your developers confused!

The developers of the Imperial Wharf scheme are St. George. At public
meetings about 7 or 8 years ago, at which there was massive local
opposition (which included Hammersmith & Fulham Council), St. George
promised that the amounts required for the railway station were already
ringfenced - this was one of the many bribes offered, which eventually
resulted in the Council betraying the local residents and then
supporting the scheme (no need for Prescott to overturn local
opposition - our local political masters were quite happy to do so
themselves!).

That has nothing to do with Circadian, who are the Lots Road Power
Station developers. Their scheme was a mere pipe dream at the time
(Lots Road Power Station was still fully functioning then!) and they
have only come onto the scene in the last few years, with, as we know,
their chief cheerleader Prescott.

So, let there be no doubt, (if St. George are to be believed), the
money for the railway station is already in place, and also (if St.
George are to be believed) the ONLY reason for the delay in the
building of that station is Railtrack (or their successor's) reluctance
- which they have expressed right from the beginning - to do anything
that increases use of that line on which, so they say, they have severe
capacity problems.

Lastly, according to today's local newspapers, Kensington & Chelsea
have abandoned any plans to judicially challenge Prescott's total
denial of local wishes. Perhaps, rather than that expensive route, they
should offer Prescott an IQ test and, just so as not to make things too
difficult for him, allow him to keep his job if he can scrape double
figures!

Marc.