"Bruce" wrote in message
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"Paul Scott" wrote:
Noticed today there's a significant amount of steelwork in place now, with
the deck being installed.

Wonder what they'll use it for if Thameslink takes the big hit many are
predicting...


The "big hit" is more likely to be to delay completion by a year to
spread the expenditure over a greater number of financial years.

That's a change in the rules

It used to be that 100% of the cost was allocated to the year that the work
started and was one of the reasons why large transport works never got
authorised.

tim