blackn1ght@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agoHS2 to be delayed again as costs spiral by £37bn after 'litany of failure'www.lbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkHS2 to be delayed again as costs spiral by £37bn after 'litany of failure'www.lbc.co.ukblackn1ght@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareDenjinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoThey should have started in Leeds. Not start in London and give themselves a convenient way out.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThe most complex and time-consuming engineering is required in London. That’s why it had to start there.
minus-squareDenjinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSo now that the project is abandoned, they’ve spent the most money and caused the biggest disruption for the smallest benefit. If they started at the other end, the stated goal of the project, they wouldn’t have the get out clause they have by starting in London.
minus-squareDenjinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIf there is ever a high speed train that runs from London to Leeds I’ll buy you a first class ticket.
They should have started in Leeds. Not start in London and give themselves a convenient way out.
The most complex and time-consuming engineering is required in London. That’s why it had to start there.
So now that the project is abandoned, they’ve spent the most money and caused the biggest disruption for the smallest benefit.
If they started at the other end, the stated goal of the project, they wouldn’t have the get out clause they have by starting in London.
It’s not been abandoned.
https://feddit.uk/post/33105895
Told ya
If there is ever a high speed train that runs from London to Leeds I’ll buy you a first class ticket.