C R
Veteran
Can kicked down the road for the next government.
Poisoned chalice. Leave it in a situation that the next government will have no chance but cancel it, and consequently pay the political cost.
Can kicked down the road for the next government.
How many of us will live long enough to see the completion of HS2?
How does delaying it save costs?
Thread drift alert: An engineer colleague told that he'd passed by that tunnel while visiting the site for another reason. Apparently he commented at the time that the design 'didn't look right'.But not so good when a Heathrow Express tunnel collapsed in 1994 during construction. This happened between the runways, close to a fuel pipeline and two Piccadilly Line tunnels, and underneath buildings. That project was delayed by years, and repair costs were multiples of the original budget for that excavation.
Not an accountant, or an economist, but, improve cashflow, rather than reduce costs, I would have thought.
Am I alone in thinking it bizarre that the construction of a June one line (HS2) is going to take longer than it took to construct the entire railway system, in Victorian times?
It's not unusual at all. Up to a point, we no longer live in a world where those with power and money can simply bulldoze a route through someone's home or a whole town, chuck them a few pounds for their trouble and have it accepted with a tugged forelock. The same goes for newts, bats, badgers, archaeology, water, loud noises and vibration.
Not an expert so this is just my surmise but:I can understand why the Planning and Approval stage may be affected by the things you mention (quite rightly too), but, once the route is decided, why should Construction take so long, given the Equipment and Technology we have, versus picks, shovels, theodolites and Navvies?
uh the 225 km/h as killed in earlier budget cuts right? or was it supposed to go faster earlier?Not an expert so this is just my surmise but:
1. Victorian trains didn’t travel at 225 mph.
As I said, I’m not an expert. 225 kph doesn’t seem much faster than the old Inter-City 125 (mph) trains. I’m sure a knowledgeable person will be along soon, but may be subject to delays.uh the 225 km/h as killed in earlier budget cuts right? or was it supposed to go faster earlier?
I can understand why the Planning and Approval stage may be affected by the things you mention (quite rightly too), but, once the route is decided, why should Construction take so long, given the Equipment and Technology we have, versus picks, shovels, theodolites and Navvies?
If they just built the track and put on tarmac instead an make it a cycle way, would be an great improvement, alltough somehow i seem them messing that up too.No great shock. Vanity project.
Not much goes on when Network rail are about. So, gravy train and an incompetent government.
Should have built the ultra cheap garden bridge instead.