Transport Spending ....

[Donny Dave]

(Apologies if this is in the wrong section, I though this would be the best place to put it though.)

The government spends more money on transport projects for Londoners than on those for the rest of the country combined, a think tank says.

The Institute for Public Policy Research North says £2,700 is spent per person in London compared with £5 per head in the north-east of England.

In a report out this week IPPR North says there is a "sharp disparity".

The government says its investment strategy is to maximise economic benefits for the country as a whole.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16235349

And seeing it ties in a bit (spending on new rolling stock) ....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14712211

 

[142094]

No big shock, no doubt will become old news next week.

 

[Minstral25]

What a surprise - I'm guessing that there isn't many places up North where they have to thread lines underground by expensive tunnelling to relieve massively overcrowded trains.

Having said that a few platform extensions to allow longer trains up North, down West and in Wales with some electrification and stock to run it, wouldn't be a bad idea.

Wonder how they developed these numbers?