I still have doubts about whether CrossRail will actually be built -- it's been deferred so often, and in consequence the costs have risen so much, that there must be severe doubts about the project's viability.
The last I heard, the Treasury were still opposed to spending much if anything on it (the reason, apparently, for asking the scheme's promoters to undertake yet another feasibility study -- another delay equals another increase in costs equals another opportunity to cancel the project), and although London business leaders have repeatedly said they want it they are notably reluctant to contribute anything like the £10 billion it's now estimated the scheme will cost.
And since Ken hasn't got that kind of money to play with, either, it looks to me as though CrossRail will be yet another entry in the lengthy list of post-WW2 UK construction projects which never got beyond the drawing boards.
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Date: 2005-05-24 04:10 pm (UTC)The last I heard, the Treasury were still opposed to spending much if anything on it (the reason, apparently, for asking the scheme's promoters to undertake yet another feasibility study -- another delay equals another increase in costs equals another opportunity to cancel the project), and although London business leaders have repeatedly said they want it they are notably reluctant to contribute anything like the £10 billion it's now estimated the scheme will cost.
And since Ken hasn't got that kind of money to play with, either, it looks to me as though CrossRail will be yet another entry in the lengthy list of post-WW2 UK construction projects which never got beyond the drawing boards.