July 20, 2004
North South Divide yet again...
Another example of the North / South divide in this country has become massively evident today...
On the same day that the department for transport has vetoed the building of the Manchester Metrolink extension which would have cost around £500 million we find that they OK the building of the Crossrail link in London which, current estimates say, will cost £10 BILLION for the first stage alone.
Hmmm... A project linking three more towns in the North West with a major city and Manchester Airport is vetoed yet a project which will allow people working in London City to get to work a little bit quicker but cost at least 20 times as much is OK'd...
And the government say they want people to get out of their cars and use public transport?
Seems to me that the North / South divide (or is it now the London / Rest of the country divide?) is back with a vengeance.
What do you think?
I thought it was interesting when they re-mapped "The South" and it turned out to be from the Avon to the Humber !!...
Posted by: sasoozie at July 22, 2004 10:17 AMNorth/South divide is back? it never went away.
I remember when they decided in favour of the south instead of Daresbury labs effectively dooming them. The southern proposal turned out to lack scientists with sufficient experience, they had no land on which to build (and difficulties finding any) and so on. Daresbury already had the land, the plans, the people and so on. So naturaly the investment went down south :(
Twas ever thus.
Posted by: Keith at July 24, 2004 4:47 AM