Thread: Crossrail could bankrupt London - says Ken Livingstone
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Old March 25th 08, 03:59 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Crossrail could bankrupt London - says Ken Livingstone
In message , at 16:36:51 on
Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Grumpy Old Man
remarked:
The London 2012 Olympics will cost £18bn, is that essential?

Is it even correct? The bill for the infrastructure is £4.8bn

Is that any
less bankrupting then Crossrail?

An utter waste of money.

And there's an estimated £6Bn benefit, so I'm not as pessimistic as you
are.
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