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Canardly

Lousy transport planning - again
« on: 10 February, 2019, 11:08:48 am »
A new motorway is being planned between Cambridge and Oxford with five options regarding the route.
A new railway is being planned between Cambridge and Oxford with five options regarding the route for the missing middle bit.

Are they considering working together on a joint project?
No this makes far too much sense.
So..... Double the disruption and double the environmental impact and probably double the cost.

Ho hum. You couldn't make it up.
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Jaded

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Re: Lousy transport planning - again
« Reply #1 on: 10 February, 2019, 11:43:39 am »
Surely the two forms of transport have different needs? Railways need to visit places of population and new roads don’t, and roads can go up hills. Not that there are huge hills between Oxford and Cambridge!
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Canardly

Re: Lousy transport planning - again
« Reply #2 on: 10 February, 2019, 12:01:08 pm »
Given the level of planned development in the region both will never be far from centres of housing.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Lousy transport planning - again
« Reply #3 on: 10 February, 2019, 12:06:33 pm »
Given the GRIP process, you don't need to worry about the route of the railway, it won't get built till next century.
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