"1506" wrote in message
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On Sep 24, 9:13 am, allan tracy wrote:
According to Private Eye, the ‘it's all gone quiet’ surrounding the
Crossrail project is due to the treasury having not yet signed off on
it.

Rumour is they won’t either and that the DfT is working furiously on a
cut down cheaper version involving tube size tunnels.

Perhaps with the current financial crisis, it’s not anticipated that
quite so many will be commuting to the City in future years.

?This, if true, is very bad news. The day will come when Londonners
?will regret it.

Regret what? The jobs have been moving out of central cities at a rapid
rate for a long time. The need for transit will continue to shrink as the
jobs move away from the city to the better jobs elsewhere.