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Old November 30th 06, 11:40 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Paul Scott Paul Scott is offline
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Default New DLR station, and old Thames Tunnel


"Kev" wrote in message
ups.com...

I doubt it. The £5.7m may well include a large contingency figure (+40%
is common).


Contingency for what exactly and why 40%.

Is it just possible that the treasury keep a running total of previous
project overruns? I think they call it 'optimism bias' or some such.

Paul