On Jul 23, 5:02*am, Jamie Thompson wrote:
On 23 Jul, 12:28, wrote:

On Jul 22, 8:23 pm, Mr Thant
wrote:

An hour or two ago the Crossrail Bill became the Crossrail Act, which
means as soon as the funding agreement is signed (due in September)

Given the governments record level of borrowing and deficit its
building I wouldn't get too excited just yet. Just because its
approved doesn't mean it'll happen.

B2003

Quite. The history of the railways (and indeed, London Transport
itself) is littered with Acts that never got built. *Sigh* The Watford
& Edgware is my personal poster child for that scenario.


This is not the same thing. The Watford and Edgware debacle is a
result of WWII followed by the implementation of London's greenbelt.

Crossrail is needed and it was needed yesterday.

A closer parallel might be Chelsey to Hackney, now there IS a tale of
procrastination!