A few posts here and elsewhere have suggested the economic crisis will lead
to Crossrail (and other big projects) being cancelled or deferred.

Todays Telegraph suggests not - "Alistair Darling will spend his way out of
recession"

"Mr Darling singled out housing, energy and small businesses as areas which
would benefit from a "reprioritising" of government spending plans. He also
signalled that proposals for two new aircraft carriers and a replacement for
the Trident nuclear deterrent would go ahead, as well as London's £16
billion Crossrail project and the 2012 Olympic games, for which the budget
is £9.3 billion."

More at: http://tinyurl.com/6562s6

Paul S

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Paul Scott wrote:

"Mr Darling singled out housing, energy and small businesses as areas
which would benefit from a "reprioritising" of government spending
plans. He also signalled that proposals for two new aircraft carriers
and a replacement for the Trident nuclear deterrent would go ahead, as
well as London's £16 billion Crossrail project and the 2012 Olympic
games, for which the budget is £9.3 billion."

What they don't mention is that there will be a degree of cost-cutting,
achieved by merging some projects. Thus, our new nuclear deterrent will be
based at Old Oak Common, and as for the Olympics and the carriers, well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0jgZKV4N_A

tom

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