Re: Chancellor proposes motorways for the rich. : Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:05 am  

I can just imagine all the tweets from the Peregrines and Tarquins, when they find that progress down their privately-funded turnpike has been slowed by some Albanian lorry driver in front. Some use ANPR and automatic charging will be then

Re: Chancellor proposes motorways for the rich. : Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:15 am  

McLaren_Field wrote:

I think its much simpler than that, I think its an idea to float in the media to see if there is a positive or negative reaction to it, I think its all been generated by one or more of the large road construction companies lobbying for any desperate way to find some future projects because at the moment there is nothing at all on the horizon for them except for maintenance.

You can imagine the CEO of one of those companies planting the seed of an idea that they will pay for the roads if they can benefit from the tolls, no hard facts or figures yet just some wishful thinking that will probably result in those companies requiring a subsidy or underwriting of such a mammoth project so that they themselves are not exposed to ruin, and then the whole thing will quietly fade from memory.

i.e. A small, late stimulus with the appearance of no taxpayers money going into it (ignoring the fact that same taxpayers will have to pay a toll later on).
We've been here before, with the Isle of Skye road bridge.
No change in Conservative thinking there then ... same old, same old.

Re: Chancellor proposes motorways for the rich. : Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:23 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

What they should do with motorways is ban freight traffic. That should be kept to the rail network and that should be upgraded.

Brilliant idea,how would you get fuel ,food ,goods to the service stations?Of course diverting goods traffic to A roads is a fantastic idea.Surprised nobody has thought of it.