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Crossrail could bankrupt London - says Ken Livingstone
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:59:55 +0000, Roland Perry
mangled uncounted electrons thus: In message , at 16:36:51 on Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Grumpy Old Man remarked: The London 2012 Olympics will cost £18bn, is that essential? Is it even correct? The bill for the infrastructure is £4.8bn Is that any less bankrupting then Crossrail? An utter waste of money. And there's an estimated £6Bn benefit, so I'm not as pessimistic as you are. The good citizens of Montreal were paying a special tax to meet the cost of the games (held in 1976) until 2006, so a friend who lives out there tells me... Martin D. Pay Holding the Olympics is a ridiculous luxury that we simply don't need. IMO, of course... |
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