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7th October 2007, 22:58 #11
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I think such a system is a good idea for a number of reasons. First off, anything that decreases traffic congestion is ALWAYS a good thing, is it not? And new roads is kinda hard to do in a city the size of London, is it not?
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7th October 2007, 23:22 #12
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Originally Posted by Mark
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7th October 2007, 23:25 #13
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Originally Posted by BrentJackson
This project hasn't just been dreamed up for the hell of it. There are all sorts of reasons why this is necessary, congestion on existing routes being a primary one. It will certainly plug a big gap in London's transport provision and make certain journeys much, much easier. However, the claim of 30,000 jobs is ridiculous. These things are always overstated.
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8th October 2007, 04:40 #14
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Originally Posted by LiamM
Building infrastructure generally shows forthought and planning on the part of government and as Mr Jackson has pointed out, you can't really build any new roads through the capital anyway, hence the reason for the underground in the first place.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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8th October 2007, 05:24 #15
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Originally Posted by Rollo
Hehehehe I had the feeling this one would ruffle the feathers of the non London dwelling populace I can hear the blood thundering in your temples folks.
I tell ya what though, I bet that famous old railway buff and cloth cap wearing Northern bloke Fred Dibnah would have been all in favour.
'E liked a bit of engineering did Fred
(blows long blast on steam whistle, lights pipe and settles down to watch a History Channel Special in which Londoners are widely implicated in the onset of Global Warming, the shifting of the tectonic plates, Stalin's Great Terror, The Tsunami, The Holocaust, Scotland's failure to do quite well in the football World Cup, the slow destruction of The Great Barrier Reef, Australians, famine in Africa, the awarding of a recording contract to The Cheeky Girls, the attempted assassination ofJ R Ewing, the rise of fascism in 1930s Spain and Noel Edmunds).
Persecution complex? Moi?Oh golly Oh gosh Had a lie on the couch with a nice bit o' posh from Burnham-On-Crouch:mad:
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8th October 2007, 05:51 #16
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Originally Posted by LiamMEngland, Land of Hope and Curry :)
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8th October 2007, 06:27 #17
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16 mill sterling eh? That seems very cheap for a railway line.
Maybe Mark can tell me this fact is right, but wasn't the Tyne and Wear Metro somewhere in the region of 180 million back in the 80s? And they already had track going round...
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8th October 2007, 06:58 #18
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Originally Posted by Monaro Doorslammer
Cheap at 'alf the price IMHO
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8th October 2007, 09:32 #19
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Originally Posted by Monaro Doorslammer
Maybe Mark can tell me this fact is right, but wasn't the Tyne and Wear Metro somewhere in the region of 180 million back in the 80s? And they already had track going round...Please 'like' our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/motorsportforums
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