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August 3rd 07, 10:25 AM
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"Bob" wrote in message oups.com... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7c1a3e0a-412...0779fd2ac.html The government must tackle infrastructure problems Published: August 2 2007 20:02 | Last updated: August 2 2007 20:02 Only in Britain would people think the chance of securing a new train line to be the chief virtue of hosting the Olympics. Now, completion of the east-west Crossrail link before the 2012 Games remains in doubt. There's an understatement - look at the timescales from now for the ELLX , late 2010? - or Thameslink phase 1, 2011?? The outstanding work in both cases is comparatively trivial compared to Crossrail, surely... Paul |
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August 3rd 07, 06:44 PM
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At 11:25:17 on Fri, 3 Aug 2007 Paul Scott opined:-
"Bob" wrote in message roups.com... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7c1a3e0a-412...0779fd2ac.html The government must tackle infrastructure problems Published: August 2 2007 20:02 | Last updated: August 2 2007 20:02 Only in Britain would people think the chance of securing a new train line to be the chief virtue of hosting the Olympics. Now, completion of the east-west Crossrail link before the 2012 Games remains in doubt. There's an understatement - look at the timescales from now for the ELLX , late 2010? - or Thameslink phase 1, 2011?? The outstanding work in both cases is comparatively trivial compared to Crossrail, surely... I seem to remember that, even before that disastrous day when London was awarded the Olympics, it was stated that Crossrail would not be completed before 1913. Why didn't they go for the 1916 Olympics? -- Thoss |
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August 3rd 07, 07:43 PM
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On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:44:18 +0100, thoss wrote:
Only in Britain would people think the chance of securing a new train line to be the chief virtue of hosting the Olympics. Now, completion of the east-west Crossrail link before the 2012 Games remains in doubt. There's an understatement - look at the timescales from now for the ELLX , late 2010? - or Thameslink phase 1, 2011?? The outstanding work in both cases is comparatively trivial compared to Crossrail, surely... I seem to remember that, even before that disastrous day when London was awarded the Olympics, it was stated that Crossrail would not be completed before 1913. Why didn't they go for the 1916 Olympics? Your brain seems to be suffering from the millennium bug. And yes, it has been the case for a number of years that the project could not have been completed before 2013. |
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August 3rd 07, 07:54 PM
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"thoss" wrote in message ... At 11:25:17 on Fri, 3 Aug 2007 Paul Scott opined:- "Bob" wrote in message groups.com... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7c1a3e0a-412...0779fd2ac.html The government must tackle infrastructure problems Published: August 2 2007 20:02 | Last updated: August 2 2007 20:02 Only in Britain would people think the chance of securing a new train line to be the chief virtue of hosting the Olympics. Now, completion of the east-west Crossrail link before the 2012 Games remains in doubt. There's an understatement - look at the timescales from now for the ELLX , late 2010? - or Thameslink phase 1, 2011?? The outstanding work in both cases is comparatively trivial compared to Crossrail, surely... I seem to remember that, even before that disastrous day when London was awarded the Olympics, it was stated that Crossrail would not be completed before 1913. Why didn't they go for the 1916 Olympics? It was cancelled due to WW1 IIRC... Paul |
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August 3rd 07, 10:06 PM
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thoss wrote:
At 11:25:17 on Fri, 3 Aug 2007 Paul Scott opined:- "Bob" wrote in message oups.com... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7c1a3e0a-412...0779fd2ac.html The government must tackle infrastructure problems Published: August 2 2007 20:02 | Last updated: August 2 2007 20:02 Only in Britain would people think the chance of securing a new train line to be the chief virtue of hosting the Olympics. Now, completion of the east-west Crossrail link before the 2012 Games remains in doubt. There's an understatement - look at the timescales from now for the ELLX , late 2010? - or Thameslink phase 1, 2011?? The outstanding work in both cases is comparatively trivial compared to Crossrail, surely... I seem to remember that, even before that disastrous day when London was awarded the Olympics, it was stated that Crossrail would not be completed before 1913. Why didn't they go for the 1916 Olympics? Berlin was in line for that, but there was a problem with the wrong sort of kaiser. AIUI there was no plan to complete Crossrail by 2012, but people just assumed it would be done by then, and perhaps Crossrail's backers didn't do all they could to dispel the impression many people had got. -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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