minus-squaremondoman712@lemmy.mltoUnited Kingdom@feddit.uk•Infrastructure construction in Britain is defective. The most budget UK tramway is more expensive than the most costly french tramwaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoThere isn’t long running strategic planning for this type of thing and no consistency in the volume of work, so the construction industry can’t invest in having the capacity. That and risk contingencies are way higher. linkfedilink
mondoman712@lemmy.ml to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agoThe state of accessible transport has been exposed - just as the DWP is hammering disabled peopleplus-squarewww.thecanary.coexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkThe state of accessible transport has been exposed - just as the DWP is hammering disabled peopleplus-squarewww.thecanary.comondoman712@lemmy.ml to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square1fedilink
mondoman712@lemmy.ml to UK Rail and Trains@feddit.ukEnglish · 25 days agoVirgin Group looks to raise £700mn to fund Eurostar rivalplus-squarewww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkVirgin Group looks to raise £700mn to fund Eurostar rivalplus-squarewww.ft.commondoman712@lemmy.ml to UK Rail and Trains@feddit.ukEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square0fedilink
mondoman712@lemmy.ml to UK Rail and Trains@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoThe rail routes a St Pancras upgrade could open up – if there were fewer hurdlesplus-squareinews.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe rail routes a St Pancras upgrade could open up – if there were fewer hurdlesplus-squareinews.co.ukmondoman712@lemmy.ml to UK Rail and Trains@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
There isn’t long running strategic planning for this type of thing and no consistency in the volume of work, so the construction industry can’t invest in having the capacity. That and risk contingencies are way higher.