High Speed Trains.Announced Today.Are You In Favour?

[Spyder1942]

I can see there is a nasty person who as rated this thread with one star only.But they wont post?
cheers Tony

They seem to do the rounds now and again

[tonyreddevil]

You are dead right.
I think ebid should remove the stars.
Its good for some and bad for others
cheers Tony

[papagran40]

Hi Folks , not voted on this as it does not come close to me , but like other have said , what might the true cost be and it is not really for such a lot of the country...still plenty of time to change their minds and not do it...........papa.

[adruml]

I'm sticking to my Time machine

[suesjools]

I'm sticking to my Time machine

LOL!

Best wishes for many sales to all,

[RonOne]

I'm sticking to my Time machine

Great..........

So did they build it,
was it on time,
how much over budget was it,

and did British firms get the contracts
for the engins, coaches etc

If not........lets not bother.

[tonyreddevil]

Hi Folks , not voted on this as it does not come close to me , but like other have said , what might the true cost be and it is not really for such a lot of the country...still plenty of time to change their minds and not do it...........papa.

Have they even Given the route to Manchester and Leeds Yet?
cheers Tony

[tonyreddevil]

Mayor to promise road tunnel under Thames

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• Autumn Statement in South East

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson is to promise a new road tunnel under the Thames in east London as part of a plan to ease congestion problems.
The route between the Greenwich Peninsula and Silvertown in the Royal Docks could see nearly 2,400 vehicles an hour pass through in each direction.
The Conservative mayor said it would help boost London's growth but Labour questioned how it would be funded.
There are also plans for a new ferry running between Becton and Thamesmead.
It is hoped the ferry route would be delivered by 2017.
The new crossings are in addition to the cable car currently under construction that will carry 2,500 pedestrians and cyclists an hour across the Thames.
Transport for London (TfL) is to begin preliminary consultation work on the new tunnel in February.
The tunnel, which will relieve pressure on existing tunnels at Blackwall and Rotherhithe, is hoped to be built within a decade.
'Short-sighted' The transport measures are to be officially announced by the mayor during a speech to London's government leaders on Thursday evening.
He is also set to announce the pushing ahead of an extension to the Northern Line to Battersea, which has not previously been served by the Tube.
Labour member of the London Assembly John Biggs said: "One of Boris Johnson's first moves when he came to power was to scrap plans for a new bridge in east London and throw away its funding to the tune of hundreds of millions.
"We've now been waiting almost four years. If he hadn't been so short-sighted back in 2008, we could have been opening a river crossing now.
"Instead, all we have is a tunnel that is years away and doesn't appear to have any funding behind it."
Mr Biggs noted that Chancellor George Osborne did not make any commitment to fund the Silvertown crossing in his Autumn Statement, where he said the government would work with the mayor and TfL to explore options for additional river crossings.
Darren Johnson, a Green Party member of the London Assembly, said: "The London mayor can't claim that air pollution or climate change are a priority whilst proposing to build a traffic-generating road like this Silvertown Tunnel."
AA president Edmund King said it was not good for the environment having traffic wait 20 minutes to use the Blackwell Tunnel.
He added he supported the proposals "although it remains to be seen how the tunnel will be paid for"

This as nothing to do with HS2
Cheers Tony

[tonyreddevil]

Metro trams in Manchester have 2 or 3 extensions and they are certain to be built.
cheers Tony

[tonyreddevil]

Are there any planned demonstrations against The HS2?