HS2 - Birmingham to Manchester scrapped.

[stonie]

just reading about the supposed projects planned, one road project being the upgrade of the M6 between Manchester and Birmingham, my counter proposal would be just get the pathetic "smart motorway" works that they currently have on the M6 completed then cleared up and never build anything so stupid again causing congestion for 3 years, that would be a start.

 

[threespires]

Not been in a TGIs for decades! That doesn’t help your Swansea plea. ;-)

You’ll be telling us they have a Little Chef and a Wimpy’s next.

In a previous life I used to provide sales support to a guy who if it was before 10:30am would only ever conduct business in a Little Chef. Halcyon days.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Our train service is a national disgrace!

I dont travel on trains in this country but did extensively when I lived in Spain....fast, clean, cheap, punctual, conductors and sometimes buskers and entertainers...an absolute pleasure. We invented the bloody things and still cant get it right.

 

[BrianW]

Gobowen-Oswestry reopening will be a game-changer. With a halt at Park Hall, it'll be dead easy to get to an away match at The New Saints if we draw them in Europe.

 

[willipp]

just reading about the supposed projects planned, one road project being the upgrade of the M6 between Manchester and Birmingham, my counter proposal would be just get the pathetic "smart motorway" works that they currently have on the M6 completed then cleared up and never build anything so stupid again causing congestion for 3 years, that would be a start.

7 years of misery putting the smart motorway in to be followed by 7 more years of misery whilst they do something else.

 

[m7mcfc]

"Look what you could have won"

The lying cnuts they honestly don't give a fuck.
The cheeky twats even deliver the news in our City.
Anyone know how much the once in doubt tunnel from Old Oak Common to Euston is going to cost?

 

[Gray]

We are now officially a third World country.

 

[domalino]

just reading about the supposed projects planned, one road project being the upgrade of the M6 between Manchester and Birmingham, my counter proposal would be just get the pathetic "smart motorway" works that they currently have on the M6 completed then cleared up and never build anything so stupid again causing congestion for 3 years, that would be a start.

I think you’d have to be really naive to believe anywhere is going to actually see HS2 money.

They'll probably make a series of announcements and then cancel them 2 years later.

 

[The perfect fumble]

I think you’d have to be really naive to believe anywhere is going to actually see HS2 money.

They'll probably make a series of announcements and then cancel them 2 years later.

They won't be cancelling nowt in two year, in two years they'll be in opposition.

 

[domalino]

Tories just kicked the can down the road. They know very little will get started before they lose the next election. Putting in place a strategy to win the one after when they can claim Labour have renaged on all of the spending.
It's telling that London has better rail links with Northern France and parts of Belgium than it does with Manchester!

IMO You’re making the mistake of attributing to malice that which is already explained by incompetence.

The tories were denying this was even on the table yesterday, Andy Street and other senior conservatives thought nothing was happening today, Burnham found out watching the speech, the announcement is pretty clearly rushed.

There is no plan. It’s just throwing whatever they can at the wall. 15 minute cities - banned. Meat tax - ban that! HS2? Scrap it! Do you love us yet?