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Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
[crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway]
The Thameslink project now has all the legal powers to start construction - it just needs someone to agree to pay for it! The "Thameslink project" is the revised name Network Rail appear to use for Thameslink 2000, though they've also used the term "Thameslink Programme" in the past as well [1]. And the BBC uses the plain wrong term of Thameslink 2012! BBC News online story (replete with errors!): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6061960.stm Network Rail press release: http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co...Categ oryID=2 or via http://tinyurl.com/yz66p8 Snippets from the Network Rail press release... -------------------- THE £3.5BN THAMESLINK PROJECT CLEARS MAJOR HURDLE Wednesday 18 October 2006 09:45 The transformation of the Thameslink route takes a big step forward today as two key Government departments (Department for Transport and Department for Communities & Local Government) agreed to grant planning permission and legal powers to Network Rail to 're-build' the Thameslink route. [...] The future of the £3.5bn project now rests on a funding decision. Network Rail will work to support the Department for Transport as it seeks to establish a funding mechanism. An early decision would enable the company to deliver substantial passenger benefits before 2012. [...] Notes to Editors: In a written statement to Parliament, the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government will today grant legal powers and planning consents to Network Rail for the £3.5bn 'Thameslink Programme'. This does not amount to a final go-ahead for the project as funding has yet to be agreed The Transport and Works Act Order gives planning permission and statutory powers to Network Rail, together with listed building and conservation area consents and consents for consequential rail closures. It follows the recommendations of the planning inspectorate's public inquiry last year into the scheme. The scheme will take estimated seven years to build with the ability to 'pause' the scheme for the Olympics. The project will start to deliver passenger benefits within the first three years -------------------- I haven't been paying very close attention to developments - can anyone provide some information as to how the Borough Market issue has been resolved? ----- [1] Network Rail - "Thameslink Programme" http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/1326.aspx |
Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
Mizter T wrote:
The Thameslink project now has all the legal powers to start construction - it just needs someone to agree to pay for it! Why don't they put it on eBay, and say that the successful bidder will get the project named after them! Of course, there is always the chance that someone will bid twice as much - ask to take the overpayment back in cash, pay with a bankers draft and then request the whole project is transferred to Nigeria where they're currently working on business... Jonathan |
Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
"Mizter T" wrote And the BBC uses the plain wrong term of Thameslink 2012! On uk.r we usually use the plain wrong term of Thameslink 3000. ;-) Peter |
Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
On 18 Oct 2006 06:33:30 -0700, "Mizter T" wrote:
[crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway] The Thameslink project now has all the legal powers to start construction - it just needs someone to agree to pay for it! The "Thameslink project" is the revised name Network Rail appear to use for Thameslink 2000, though they've also used the term "Thameslink Programme" in the past as well [1]. And the BBC uses the plain wrong term of Thameslink 2012! Thank goodness - a sensible decision at long last. Now they've just got to smash open a few piggy banks. Perhaps Douglas Alexander is actually trying to make things happen rather than the "no absolutely nothing" approach of his predecessor? -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
Mizter T wrote:
[crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway] The Thameslink project now has all the legal powers to start construction - it just needs someone to agree to pay for it! According to the BBC a DfT spokesman said that a funding decision would be made by *next summer*. It's all well and good having the legal authority to do the work (although I must admit this is a major step forward, and there will be no need for any further public enquiries and the like, thank God), but I wouldn't hold my breath. |
Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
T.:
The Thameslink project now has all the legal powers to start construction - it just needs someone to agree to pay for it! Jon Morris: Why don't they put it on eBay, and say that the successful bidder will get the project named after them! If it was a certain soap company, it could be Thameslink Lever 2000. -- Mark Brader | "One of the lessons of history is that nothing Toronto | is often a good thing to do and always a clever | thing to say." -- Will Durant |
Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
"Mizter T" wrote in message oups.com... [crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway] The Thameslink project now has all the legal powers to start construction - it just needs someone to agree to pay for it! The "Thameslink project" is the revised name Network Rail appear to use for Thameslink 2000, though they've also used the term "Thameslink Programme" in the past as well [1]. And the BBC uses the plain wrong term of Thameslink 2012! snip I haven't been paying very close attention to developments - can anyone provide some information as to how the Borough Market issue has been resolved? http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...csp#P130_11986 Hopefully it will be somewhere in the inspectors final report, now online... Paul |
Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
Paul Scott wrote: "Mizter T" wrote in message oups.com... [crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway] The Thameslink project now has all the legal powers to start construction - it just needs someone to agree to pay for it! The "Thameslink project" is the revised name Network Rail appear to use for Thameslink 2000, though they've also used the term "Thameslink Programme" in the past as well [1]. And the BBC uses the plain wrong term of Thameslink 2012! Hmmm. I recently obtained all legal powers necessary to purchase a Ferrari. I just need to find the funds to pay for it. Suspect that we'll need a few more rounds of "pay the consultants vast quantities of public cash" before a decision can be made on funding. |
Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
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Thameslink project (i.e. TL2K) gets legal & planning go-ahead
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , (Sky Rider) wrote: Mizter T wrote: [crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway] The Thameslink project now has all the legal powers to start construction - it just needs someone to agree to pay for it! According to the BBC a DfT spokesman said that a funding decision would be made by *next summer*. It's all well and good having the legal authority to do the work (although I must admit this is a major step forward, and there will be no need for any further public enquiries and the like, thank God), but I wouldn't hold my breath. They did say "at the latest". There is a suspicion that it will be announced with the SOFA. Well, that's where I always look when I'm short of cash. |
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