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« on: June 12, 2026, 08:24:44 »
Hot off the press this morning:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cycling-and-walking-boom-with-45-billion-for-thousands-of-new-routes-and-safer-crossings

Not sure how long it will survive. If departmental budgets have to be cut to fund defence, my bet is it will be cycling, walking and trains that will get the chop not cars. How much will the HS2▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) for cars cost (new Thames tunnel)?

Hope I am wrong.
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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2026, 09:33:51 »
You had me worried, and thinking 'which money tree do these muppets think the £45Bn is going to come from', until I read the press release and saw that the figure was £4.5Bn over 5 years. Which given the parlous state of the UK▸ (United Kingdom) economy is still not going to happen. 
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