There is more than a passing chance that I will be dead before something that was never going to be of any use to me proves to be never of any use to me.

£102.7 BILLION. I would ask, “Solid gold rails?”, but Heidi Alexander said, “I can confirm that the previous government spent most of HS2’s budget without laying a single mile of track. … If it seems like an obscene increase in times and costs, that is because it is.”

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/19/hs2-bill-could-rise-102bn-pounds-first-trains-delayed-until-2039-government-admits

#HS2 #Transport

HS2 bill could rise to £102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander says first official estimate in 2026 prices shows cost turbocharged by inflation

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@decembr14
Remember when ScotGov got slagged off re new Queensferry crossing? Came in on time & budget I believe.
Edinburgh trams, not so much. ScotGov not involved.
Ferries? Damage done by contract signed by yard owner who wasn’t a shipbuilder. ScotGov save yard & get blamed for fiasco.
Welcome to Scottish & English media misreporting.