On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 11:10:59 -0000, "Colin"
wrote:


"Alan (in Brussels)" wrote in message
...
Forwarded FYI from the Watford Observer :

Rail scheme fails in bid for funding


http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/new..._ funding.php

THE long-awaited Croxley Rail scheme failed in its bid for Government
funding, it was announced yesterday (Thursday 18 Dec. 2003).

The Department of Transport said that the £97million scheme was still
under
review and they were waiting for more details to come through from
Hertfordshire County Council.

The article does not seem to agree with the headline - if the scheme
is still under review then, not being expert at reading netween civil
service lines, I interpret that as no decision having been made - so
no change.

Hardly surprising. Being outside Greater London TfL is not going to put
money into it, and all the funds (and then some) that the Government / SRA
had for rail have just been blown by Network Rails increasing requirements.

On the contrary I would have thought that TfL got more passengers from
better located stations and cold make a fat profit from the old
station site.

So, the only place the money could come from would be Herts CC or some sort
of PFI.

Herts CC do not seem to spend their own (ie council taxpayers') money
on transport, merely grants from central government. (I assume all
CCs work that way.) Croxley link has been a major project in Herts
grant applications for many years now.
--
Peter Lawrence