"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Offramp wrote:

On Oct 2, 9:59 pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

Construction will start two years before the Olympics?

I can foresee that in 2011 (like the JLE in 1998/9) the papers will start
to say, 'Why isn't this thing ready? It's meant to be ready for the 2012
Olympics!?' Then the Gov will throw squillions of pounds at it and it'll
open in May 2012.

Except the government have never said it'll be ready for the Olympics. A
lot of people seem to think that's the plan, but they're generally the
same people who think Hackney is getting a tube line, ie the uninformed.
If a hue and cry is raised, the government can quite truthfully say that
it can't be delivered before the Olympics, it never could have been, and
they never said it would be.


The BBC news site is clouding the issue re 2012 again today with:

"Critics fear massive disruption and warn that spiralling costs will see
funding slashed for other key transport and infrastructure initiatives. And
they point out that it will not even be ready for the 2012 Olympics, which
is itself likely to test Londoners' pockets and patience."

It seems George Galloway is against it as well. What a surprise...

Paul