On Fri, 16 May 2008 06:07:10 -0700 (PDT), Mwmbwls
wrote:

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/to...rt_a_boost.php
quote
Can Boris give plans for transport a boost?
By Linda Piper
THERE are high hopes the election of a supporter of Bexley Council's
Jump on Board campaign to London's top job will boost the chances of
its success.

I guess they can dream. They might get an express bus trial route for a
while.

Cllr Craske said: "Together with the new mayor and the former one, we
want to get people out of their cars and onto public transport, but we
have to have the alternatives in place to do that.

Is the electorate in Bexley aware of these intentions? I'm sure they'd
vote people out who want to do this. Surely they want lots of road
improvements and car parks rather than rail lines and buses?

"We do not want to just moan about it.
"There are things we can do and I think the doors are opening."
unquote

As the infalliable "Great Helmsman" has just given away £2.7 billion
in an unfunded pre electoral inducement - I believe, if you listen
carefully, we will hear the brakes going on public spending very
shortly. With a packed investment agenda already filled by Crossrail
and the Olympics, Bexley's hopes of Boris and Boris's hopes of further
central funding, however sensible they might be, may be in vain.

Well exactly. I suspect we may struggle to see GWT actually built and
doesn't the DLR terminus at Woolwich point west rather than east?
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!