"umpston" wrote:
Ian Johnston wrote:
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:13:10 UTC, wrote:
They are going to get rock bottom prices because it is
semi-derilict industrial land and after the Olympics it will be worth
billions.
After the Olympics it will be semi-derelict industrial land again.
Great safe prophecies of our time:
1) The London Olympics will be a complete screwup, many times over
budget,
2) The supposed regeneration of depreived areas won't happen.
Ian
You could be so wrong Ian - I certainly hope so.
Unfortunately, Ian is very likely to be right.
The trade unions will make sure that the work doesn't get finished on
time unless their members are paid massive "bonuses", and the costs
will skyrocket.
Every landowner will screw the Olympic organisation for every million
they can get.
The money set aside for regeneration will have to be raided to pay for
all of the above.