Universal Great Britain

[extrobeiuf]

in my humble opinion, that is not a good use of government funds

A lot of the work this covers need(ed) to happen anyway. The details haven't been published, but I suspect this isn't all incremental spend (or at least future spend brought forward). The M1 J13 upgrades being a great example - if you've ever traversed that M1/A421 junction, you'd know it was a hot mess and needs rebuilding - with or without Universal.

(Essentially - A421 was upgraded in phases over ~15 years, with responsibility split between Milton Keynes and Bedford, with the M1 junction being the delineation. As a result, it was never really integrated properly with the existing junction, just slapped on top of the existing one. It needs redesigning and rebuilding)

 

[bedfordmassive]

I’ve just been through the Wixams station build - site all fenced off, cleared, levelled etc and plenty of activity on site.

I struggle to see the £250m cost of a 4 platform station. Maybe it will be a Eurostar one (though the site looks to small) or the figure includes other rail upgrades.