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Thanks muchly for asking Lynne. Would suggest that the contents of the report will be made public once the G'ovt has prepped the Department of Transport with enough well presented polite excuses for why none of the 'weather proof line proposals' have sufficient cost/benefit . How many hundreds of millions did businesses claim to lose last winter? Anyway, look no further than the ...
Not everyone in London gets 'stupid wages', particularly professional engineers (and I don't mean plumbers etc who do very nicely thank you). Professional engineers don't get a penny more than anywhere else in the country, so are actually far worse off in London, assuming they even have a job!! As for the NHS, it may not be a perfect solution, but is still far more equitable than the ...
Technically speaking there are two 'fast' trains to Plymouth, the 'Cornish Riviera' and the 'Royal Duchy', both at 3hrs dead. But I won't split hairs because in true FGW style there is only the 'Cornish Riviera' that does the return trip in 3hrs!! (Or take out a mortgage for one of the two morning business trains to London at 3.07hr). Talking of comparisons how about the 7.04 Newcastle to ...
@flo - thanks muchly. @Mcjrpc - will be interesting indeed to see if the g'ovt actually commits to something, indeed anything, before the next election. The below WMN link sums up what in an ideal world should be done rather than piffle around endlessly for another 150years. Appreciate it is easy for me to say as it won't be my house or field disappearing. I do think the ...
I am not a financial expert, but I believe planners see HS2 as an investment rather than an expenditure, i.e. there is a clear financial return to be had, unlike with the services folk actually need. (Curiously when a road gets built there is less Joe and Jane public scrutiny of the cost.) The plan follows the French philosophy of, 'if you are are going to the trouble of building a new ...
@roberta - thanks - so there we have it. wall's quickly up again so why bother? the west country is a bit of a soft touch anyway. just go through the motions and say it's all too costly and undeserving to do any real investment in rail services west of bristol.
@Lynne - £50b and counting? The question being openly asked now in civil engineering circles is whether the proposed design is the right answer but to the wrong question. Namely that it is the wrong route with a lack of connectivity into existing lines and its speed is creating a high price environmetally and cost. i.e. much as an HS2 is definitely needed, for that price, get it right!!
Anyone seen the promised Network Rail high level report yet please?
@ALLEMS - point taken, there are around five emergency overflows? but at least timaru gardens secondary treatment the norm. to be expected and by eu standards dawlish bathing water quality is good to excellent.
25million tonnes of sand, or a million 25tonne lorry loads - that really is quite something - I wonder what King Canute would have to say
