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HLOS - Thameslink rumours from Reuters
On 21 Jul, 16:31, allan tracy wrote:
would also approve the planned 500 million pounds reconstruction of Birmingham's New Street station. Local press reports suggest that, at a high level, questions are still being asked of this project. I know New Labour needs little excuse to not spend on transport but Ruth Kelly is questioning value for money and quite rightly so on this one. 500M and there's to be no real capacity improvement what's the point of that just another building that will be (hopefully) nice to look at, but that will offer zero real transport improvement - waste, waste waste! Another industry source said the 30-year rail plan would put emphasis on developing the country's light rail network, including trams, which are cheaper to run on low volume routes and easier to maintain. When New Labour proposes a 30-year plan on transport it means only one thing - please don't bother us on this for another thirty years. Labour's priorities have, from day one, been to bleed us dry with taxes for education and health or more to the cynical point those Labour voters that work in education and health. Fact, and I honestly say this from a neutral perspective; until the Tories return to power there will be no investment on transport. That's the way it's been for the last ten years and that's how it will be for the next if Labour maintains office. Are you expecting a 'land of milk and honey' for transport investment if the Tories are ever returned to power? Get real. Their track record (no pun intended) from 1979 to 1997 in transport investment was just as abysmal as Nu Labour's has been since 1997. Transport investment isn't even on Cameron's spin agenda. WTF |
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