Re: Ultraspeed in the North-East
- From: "Dave" <d@xxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:42:35 +0100
"Tony Polson" <tp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Eddington was an interesting choice to write a report on a wide range
of forms of transport.
Even having chosen an experienced former airline manager, it appears
that DfT apparatchiks had to exert the greatest possible influence on
him not to include a recommendation for a North-South High Speed Line.
What is your evidence for this?
Reports in the press that suggested that earlier drafts of the report
included a recommendation for a North-South High Speed Line, confirmed
by anecdotal evidence from friends at the DfT.
Until only a few weeks before the report was pubished, the North-South
High Speed Line was thought to be a "no-brainer". Its non-inclusion
in the report's recommendations came as a surprise to many people.
I believe it, but it's a pity it's nothing that can be PROVED.
I agree. The only way for this to be proved would be for an early
draft to be leaked from the DfT, and in view of the current state of
flux in that Department*, I don't think anyone wants to do that.
[* The Rail and Road Transport divisions are being merged under Dr
Mike Mitchell. That might sound like good thing, but it will mean
that road and rail will, for the first time, be competing for the same
budget.]
Is there any way that this early draft can be got under Freedom of
Information Act?
D
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