HS2 - Cancel it now

[bluethrunthru]

It should be extended to Bristol too.

Edit; Cardiff

We don't have the money ( probably to do what will be announced tomorrow)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

We don't have the money ( probably to do what will be announced tomorrow)

We’ve got the means.

 

[bluethrunthru]

We’ve got the means.

its the money that pays for it though

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

its the money that pays for it though

I’m well aware of that. I have an ISA.

 

[stonie]

It's needed to free up the tracks for more commuter trains. I think all the northern towns and cities are for it.
You don't hear much about the build costs for the Chunnel these days. That's been a success despite all the reservations at the time.

Spot on but fook me it's a dear do,

 

[urban genie]

The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway 1,318 kilometres (819 mi) long that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China



Construction work began on April 18, 2008. Track-laying was started on July 19, 2010, and completed on November 15, 2010.


Original estimated cost 21Billion final cost was 27 Billion.

The line opened 7 months after the track was laid.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway 1,318 kilometres (819 mi) long that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China



Construction work began on April 18, 2008. Track-laying was started on July 19, 2010, and completed on November 15, 2010.


Original estimated cost 21Billion final cost was 27 Billion.

The line opened 7 months after the track was laid.

The beauty of nationalised industries!!

 

[grunge]

The beauty of nationalised industries!!

more like the ‘beauty’ of The government owning everything,

“your house/factory is into the way”

here we have to go through loads of processes to get that land bought ( rightly so in my view ), which is costly and time consuming.

In China, they basically send in the police and bulldozers and force everyone out of the way.

 

[urban genie]

more like the ‘beauty’ of The government owning everything,

“your house/factory is into the way”

here we have to go through loads of processes to get that land bought ( rightly so in my view ), which is costly and time consuming.

In China, they basically send in the police and bulldozers and force everyone out of the way.

I listed china, as the most recent but other infrastructure projects world wide have been complete cheaper and quicker than it takes us to build anything.
And with the same levels of Health and saftey and planning laws.

 

[asahartford1]

Should have started at both ends and try to meet in the middle, rather than ...