it's also got some rather hyped figures ...
typical cost of building new motorway is NOT 30 million per mile.
in the early 90's it was in the order of a million pounds per mile per side.
even allowing for inflation to have doubled it... it's still only 4 million per mile tops.
Between other things, I did a stint as a QA engineer, On the M40 , it was my Job to tell the contractor to rip up the last 1/2 mile of road as the sub-base strata didn't meet lab test specs... or dig up and re-fill the back fill to a bridge base.... as it's tested core fill materials compaction results weren't in spec.... and so on..... the costs were very very thoroughly explained to us... with the strongly supported implication that our testes would be worn as garters if we stuffed up the tests and made the contractor spend money and time pointlessly.
So he's polishing turds to frighten the punter.
Tony B Liar.
I never voted for him and never would... and the bloody tories are no better.
why the hell everyone doesn't wake up, smell the roses and vote Lib Dem I have NO idea.....