Watford, what for?
 

The Watford Met line extension impasse continues, with the blame for the
budget mess now coalescing around Boris Johnson. It looks like he lumbered
London with another Garden Bridge-style ill-thought out commitment for
little benefit:

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2017/tfl-confirm-gap-croxley-rail-link-funding/

Watford, what for?
 

On Wednesday, 21 June 2017 21:56:22 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
The Watford Met line extension impasse continues, with the blame for the
budget mess now coalescing around Boris Johnson. It looks like he lumbered
London with another Garden Bridge-style ill-thought out commitment for
little benefit:

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2017/tfl-confirm-gap-croxley-rail-link-funding/

I think to be strictly accurate it was a Bozza / Osborne combined effort given the scheme somehow got through the Treasury in breach of the Treasury's own Green Book rules on the required level of robustness on estimates / project risks. Obviously Mr Johnson left TfL with an open ended financial risk by signing the Mayoral Decision(s).

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Watford, what for?
 

Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wednesday, 21 June 2017 21:56:22 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
The Watford Met line extension impasse continues, with the blame for the
budget mess now coalescing around Boris Johnson. It looks like he lumbered
London with another Garden Bridge-style ill-thought out commitment for
little benefit:

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2017/tfl-confirm-gap-croxley-rail-link-funding/

I think to be strictly accurate it was a Bozza / Osborne combined effort
given the scheme somehow got through the Treasury in breach of the
Treasury's own Green Book rules on the required level of robustness on
estimates / project risks. Obviously Mr Johnson left TfL with an open
ended financial risk by signing the Mayoral Decision(s).

Ditto with the Lumley-Heatherwick bridge.