Original cost estimate for Olympics £3.3b, recently revised to £12b. Comforting to know that such forecasting competence exists and that the people charged with giving us the information that we need are fully skilled in supporting inaccurate estimates.
What cost HS2?
Interesting to see that HS2 - the first bit - is estimated to cost the equivalent of one Millennium dome every 4 kilometres.
The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Transport, is keen to tell us that we (those against HS2) are nimbys and Luddites. We have already seen in his own record that he is not above a bit of nimbyism to promote his interests and it is now interesting to consider whether he is aware of the changing word . . . rail seems a good way of moving freight and encouraging tourists around the country - HOWEVER, business needs are increasingly dependent on good broadband connection as the need to travel is lessened by the ability to meet effectively on line; maybe those who support High Speed rail as a business need should consider whether they are, in effect, Luddites. Mr Hammond, the country needs high speed and reliable broadband, NOT High Speed trains.
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