14-06-2020, 11:31 AM
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Re: Hs2 Extension??
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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I can't imagine why you would want to knock 20 minutes off the time it takes to deliver a million tins of baked beans from London to Brum Todger.........
And are high speed trains capable of carrying sufficient cargo to take many lorries off the road.However:-
Promoters of Britain’s new high-speed railway say that freight will benefit from more paths and capacity, freed up by the 80 billion British pounds (94 billion euros) project, but that may well depend on completing the northern phases of the line.
But;-
HS2 to be delayed by up to five years as cost spirals to up to £88bn
Parliament told first phase from London to Birmingham could be pushed back to 2031
Apparently freight will not be seen on the line until the northern section is completed....
The projected cost to Manchester?? is presently at 106Bn and this
is an indefinite figure! With the recently proposed scottish extension
which was never envisaged before, it seems that HS2 Ltd thinks it
latched onto a never ending cotract to enrich themselves at
public exense??
Donkeyman! 😟😟😟
14-06-2020, 11:33 AM
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Re: Hs2 Extension??
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiA simple view of life.
Bollox to HS2.
Spend the money on Local Services, in particular the Trans Pennine Routes.
The Earth dos not revolve around London.
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
14-06-2020, 11:40 AM
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Re: Hs2 Extension??
Originally Posted by spitfire
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See, present infrastructure relies on fossil fuel and that is coming to an end (for whatever reason a person chooses to believe). I ain't sure on this one but HS2 will probably run on Leccy.
Approx 100yrs to get OUR money back??
By then we will be teleporting or dead??
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
14-06-2020, 11:48 AM
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Re: Hs2 Extension??
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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ABSOLUTELY agree re PFI. My only concern is the ability of anyone in the present crop of civil servants to write a decent contract.
They seem to write contracts that predjudice the state against
the contractors, when it should be the other way around??
No doubt a lot of wink, wink, nod, nod going on??
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔🤔
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