"Mr Thant" wrote in message
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An hour or two ago the Crossrail Bill became the Crossrail Act, which
means as soon as the funding agreement is signed (due in September)
the thing might actually see the light of day.

Hm,

On this basis we would have had a Channel tunnel built by 1978 [1]

It means nothing.

tim

[1], OK I guessed I can't remember the actual date