On 15 Mar, 17:00, "alex_t" wrote:
From BBC News:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6452865.stm

Interesting bit:
BBC London's political editor Tim Donovan said Mr Livingstone may raid
Transport for London reserves and use a £200m loan he has taken out
for transport improvements in east London to help find the £300m.

So it looks like there could be cuts in transport for the Olympics.
What do you think will be cut?
IMHO one of the DLR projects (replacement of the North London Line or
3 cars upgrade). Or may be even some other TfL project outside East
London :-S


That's an interesting story, though I'd to know more information
before forming an opinion - my grasp on TfL's finances and the cost of
upcoming projects is pretty loose at the best of times, so it's
difficult to able to put that sum in perspective with regards the
wider picture.

However I'm pretty sure that the DLR is committed to both the three
car upgrade project and the Stratford International Extension project
(i.e. the NLL takeover), not least because both are pretty critical
with regards to the Olympics and the associated regeneration.

Perhaps potential future DLR extensions further east, or the East
London Transit might be put on the back burner. Or the West London
Tram - IMO it's would be a good thing, but the burghers of Ealing seem
distinctly mixed in their opinions of it, so perhaps that'll be nixed
(at least for now).

The problem with the budget for the games is that, as far as I can
make out, no-one really thought we'd win it so the original bid wasn't
realistic. As a born and bred Londoner I think it's absolutely great
that it's coming to London, and it seems that the various
announcements today regarding decisions on the funding of the games
should mean that the resulting turbulence is by and large dealt with
now rather than later.