Received in my letter box this morning some pamphlet from Boris Johnson
called "The Greater Londoner" which almost immediately went into the
recycling bin, but one thing crossed my mind, a piece that said that en has
squandered our money on ill-thought-out schemes, such as £11.6m alreadt
spent on the Cross River Tram project, which has "now been shelved".

Well that's news to me. Yes, I'll agree with the West London Tram having
been shelved (I don't know whether Boris' figure of £34.8m already spent
for the WLT is accurate or not).

But as far as I know, the CRT project is still very much alive. Last I
heard was that Ken was considering doing the south bit first, then the
north bit, and that it was still awaiting approval and funding, but that if
it got it it would (could) be ready for 2016.

That does not mean the same as "shelved" to me.

And is Boris correct in saying that £46.4m has ALREADY been spent on these
two projects? Surely not!

Anyway, that's by-the-by. As far as I can see, the CRT is certainly NOT
shelved, it's just taking a while working out the route. Or am I wrong?