Kev wrote:
Why doesn't Tony's mate Ken fund it, now TfL controls the dc lines out
to watford Junc as well. Mind you Ken is up to his eyeballs funding
the East London Line, North London Line and the Olympics.
Maybe they have sussed that there isn't really the local will for this
link.

Depends where 'local' is. For those of us out to the west or north-west of
Watford (and probably the south-west as well) a direct link to Watford
Junction and West Coast Main Line services would be warmly welcomed. The
long trek from Watford Met, across Cassiobury Park and down Rickmansworth
Road, is exceedingly tiresome!