Roads revolution will create new lanes for motorways

[vetran]

It would be good to see transport links improved and some of the wealth affect somewhere other than London.

Down to Dorset is a mess.

As is getting across the Peak District.

[DodgyAgent]

It would be good to see transport links improved and some of the wealth affect somewhere other than London.

Down to Dorset is a mess.

As is getting across the Peak District.

Clapham common is not so good either

[Flashman]

Judging by how long it's taken to add the Managed Motorways sections of the M6 from Stafford to the M5 intersection where it's just a re-purposing of the hard shoulder, added some signs and stuff then this is certainly a long term project.

Multiple years at the very least.

Heh yes know every flippin cone on that section. And that mile or two at the M5/M4 interchange took about two years. Is Civil Engineering the new racket to get into? Whats are the rate's like?

The sad thing all this money should have been spent years ago it might help a little with the present traffic.

God knows what's going to happen as the population grows to the predicted 75 million over the next 10-15 years.

[NoddY]

...God knows what's going to happen as the population grows to the predicted 75 million over the next 10-15 years.

Supermarkets estimate they are feeding nearer 80 million already, far in excess of the official census data. The establishment, willfully or otherwise, have lost their grip on demographics. And yet the national headcount is a fundamental prerequisite to organising any nation.

I say willfully, because I suspect a political philosophy might be at play here; one in which the free market rises up to 'sort everything out'. This was the dogma that prevailed in post-invasion Iraq - how did that turn out?

[NickFitz]

Remember, every single "government plan" you're told of between several months ago and next May isn't a plan, it's an election promise. And we all know what they're worth.

[lilelvis2000]

Heh yes know every flippin cone on that section. And that mile or two at the M5/M4 interchange took about two years. Is Civil Engineering the new racket to get into? Whats are the rate's like?

The sad thing all this money should have been spent years ago it might help a little with the present traffic.

God knows what's going to happen as the population grows to the predicted 75 million over the next 10-15 years.

We'll still be building space inefficient housing. We'll still be building roads, rails and more runways.
We'll have the capability to work from home, have meetings at home, but we'll still be dragged into buildings after a 2+ hour commute and accomplish nothing.

[vetran]

Supermarkets estimate they are feeding nearer 80 million already, far in excess of the official census data.

where was that reported?

[Benny]

Judging by how long it's taken to add the Managed Motorways sections of the M6 from Stafford to the M5 intersection where it's just a re-purposing of the hard shoulder, added some signs and stuff then this is certainly a long term project.

Multiple years at the very least.

Not for nothing do they put the "M6 TOLL CLEAR" signs up even when the M6 itself is also clear

"As of June 2005, MEL was 100% owned by Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG) of Australia, which operated several tolled roads in Australia and North America. Long term debt was £819 million as of 30 June 2005. Disappointing traffic figures for 2005 led to a price rise in June, and MIG Chief Executive Steve Allen commented in the Australian newspaper The Age, "What we need is to slow down the M6""

[NickFitz]

where was that reported?

Some bloke in the pub. His cousin's wife's uncle said so, he collects the trollies at Lidl, he knows all about supermarkets.

[SueEllen]

Supermarkets estimate they are feeding nearer 80 million already, far in excess of the official census data. The establishment, willfully or otherwise, have lost their grip on demographics. And yet the national headcount is a fundamental prerequisite to organising any nation.

You are aware there is a problem with food waste in this country?