Problems with first two phases, from London to Birmingham and then to Crewe, ‘do not appear to be resolvable’
  • icerunner@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There is no way the government pull the plug at this stage. The only course is to shake that magic money tree and get it done at any cost. As usual.

    • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
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      1 year ago

      To get things back on track (heh, on track, see what I did there?), I anticipate some especially juicy contracts going to newly forged ‘construction’ companies set up by Tory donors.

      • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
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        1 year ago

        That’s the problem with estimating the cost of these projects, they never really take into account all the corruption and backhanders.