Something needs to be done to decrease the Dartford tunnel queues
Stick the toll up by 2 quid.
In reality it won't help the congestion, but it'll mug Joe Public of another few quid from their disposable, that the government are intent on getting their hands on.
Does the Dartford tolls go to the government? Thought it went the French company that owns it.
Thought it was the DfT. Their logo is on my auto payment account.
Something needs to be done to decrease the Dartford tunnel queues
Stick the toll up by 2 quid.
In reality it won't help the congestion, but it'll mug Joe Public of another few quid from their disposable, that the government are intent on getting their hands on.
Does the Dartford tolls go to the government? Thought it went the French company that owns it.
Thought it was the DfT. Their logo is on my auto payment account.
Something needs to be done to decrease the Dartford tunnel queues
And the gridlock in Dartford whenever there's a problem in the tunnels or approach roads. You can't keep adding crossings in the same place, as an accident on the approach road (e.g. between the A2 and Princes Road) blocks everything.
D’oh! If only they’d thought about that before siting the Silvertown Tunnel
Whilst the congestion at Dartford does need addressing, there is no escaping the fact that the new tunnel is going to be devastating for nature. The connecting roads will cross some very important habitats, that cannot easily be replaced. When this is built there will no doubt be more land developed to the detriment of nature. The A229 Bluebell Hill will also be radically changed, as it will form the main link from the M20 to the M2 and the new tunnel. The proposed changes will devastate the roadside nature reserve that runs alongside Bluebill Hill which is a habitat for rare orchids amongst other species at risk of extinction.
The following link to Kent Wildlife Trust's statement on the announcement explains just how bad this is for nature.
The same is true of any construction on land where there is currently no development, everything but brownfield sites.
It would be interesting to know what alternative routes, at higher cost, were less damaging.
They could have moved it a few hundred yards closer to Gravesend town centre & then it would have ploughed straight through the Denton area. Anyone from around that area knows that this would have improved it no end...😉😄
The same is true of any construction on land where there is currently no development, everything but brownfield sites.
It would be interesting to know what alternative routes, at higher cost, were less damaging.
They could have moved it a few hundred yards closer to Gravesend town centre & then it would have ploughed straight through the Denton area. Anyone from around that area knows that this would have improved it no end...😉😄
I thought this myself. Absolutely nobody would object to Denton being razed
Is the pre-pay the one where you have your card registered and they just debit £2.50 every time you cross? Or do you have to have an account pre-loaded with £ and top up, say £20 at a time?
Is the pre-pay the one where you have your card registered and they just debit £2.50 every time you cross? Or do you have to have an account pre-loaded with £ and top up, say £20 at a time?
Is the pre-pay the one where you have your card registered and they just debit £2.50 every time you cross? Or do you have to have an account pre-loaded with £ and top up, say £20 at a time?
Isn't it currently £2 if you pre pay? So an 80p increase from September.
Is the pre-pay the one where you have your card registered and they just debit £2.50 every time you cross? Or do you have to have an account pre-loaded with £ and top up, say £20 at a time?
That's an account with them which you pre-load with money and has auto top-up from your cc.
As a country we are now so poor at delivering core infastructure, that our Victorian forefathers and mothers, sorry forepeople, doh! you know what i mean... must be spinning in their graves.
Some of the cost analysis figures you see punted around regarding infastructure per mile in the UK compared to anywhere else on the planet are chastening.
As a country we are now so poor at delivering core infastructure, that our Victorian forefathers and mothers, sorry forepeople, doh! you know what i mean... must be spinning in their graves.
Some of the cost analysis figures you see punted around regarding infastructure per mile in the UK compared to anywhere else on the planet are chastening.
Have you seen how much a blimmin roundabout costs? Around one million quid. For a circular bit of road. Absolutely crazy.
As a country we are now so poor at delivering core infastructure, that our Victorian forefathers and mothers, sorry forepeople, doh! you know what i mean... must be spinning in their graves.
Some of the cost analysis figures you see punted around regarding infastructure per mile in the UK compared to anywhere else on the planet are chastening.
Keeping it all in-house to various other branches of government would keep costs way lower than needing to pay a bunch of private firms with shareholders to pay out to.
The scale of infrastructure projects in China is phenomenal. Over 30,000 miles of high speed rail track, for example. They only started in 2008. UK can't even get HS2 done. It's hard to see a truly thriving future UK within the current framework we operate in.
As a country we are now so poor at delivering core infastructure, that our Victorian forefathers and mothers, sorry forepeople, doh! you know what i mean... must be spinning in their graves.
Some of the cost analysis figures you see punted around regarding infastructure per mile in the UK compared to anywhere else on the planet are chastening.
Keeping it all in-house to various other branches of government would keep costs way lower than needing to pay a bunch of private firms with shareholders to pay out to.
The scale of infrastructure projects in China is phenomenal. Over 30,000 miles of high speed rail track, for example. They only started in 2008. UK can't even get HS2 done. It's hard to see a truly thriving future UK within the current framework we operate in.
And yet when the canals were built it was with private investment, the same with the original railway lines 200 years ago, before the rest of the world caught up. The main difference is the amount of red tape.
Government departments and local authorities are not efficient. I have first hand experience.
As a country we are now so poor at delivering core infastructure, that our Victorian forefathers and mothers, sorry forepeople, doh! you know what i mean... must be spinning in their graves.
Some of the cost analysis figures you see punted around regarding infastructure per mile in the UK compared to anywhere else on the planet are chastening.
Keeping it all in-house to various other branches of government would keep costs way lower than needing to pay a bunch of private firms with shareholders to pay out to.
The scale of infrastructure projects in China is phenomenal. Over 30,000 miles of high speed rail track, for example. They only started in 2008. UK can't even get HS2 done. It's hard to see a truly thriving future UK within the current framework we operate in.
And yet when the canals were built it was with private investment, the same with the original railway lines 200 years ago, before the rest of the world caught up. The main difference is the amount of red tape.
Government departments and local authorities are not efficient. I have first hand experience.
Too much pandering to protest groups, environmentalists and general NIMBY's. Planning & consultations seem to go on for years. I bet Bazlegete didnt have that problem when he built our sewers or the Clifton suspension bridge.
The joker in the pack China have is that they simply do not give a fuck about the environmental or human cost of anything, there's a town in the way of their train track/olympic village/clump of high rise buildings they simply move everyone.
Bueareauchracy or however you spell that, is an industry in the UK. Things start as well intended but explode into committees, regulation groups, paid jobs. Health and safety legislation is another. The idea is sound however it is never long before someone decides there is a margin to be had and the whole thing ceases to be about keeping people safe rather than ensuring jobs for people who like holding clipboards.
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The operating costs are much lower, meaning the UK government makes a substantial surplus."
Apparently the government outsources collection, enforcement and maintenance to a Spanish firm.
If only they’d thought about that before siting the Silvertown Tunnel
The following link to Kent Wildlife Trust's statement on the announcement explains just how bad this is for nature.
https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/lower-thames-crossing-approved-response?fbclid=IwY2xjawJPzZ9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdwHpMwGtTd6nlq86FaFZYgg917sQxI25bfIPlEr214J-NvI-V5nQULCaA_aem_thKCOk8ODU5KcJrAclsuYA
From 1st September
Some of the cost analysis figures you see punted around regarding infastructure per mile in the UK compared to anywhere else on the planet are chastening.
Have you seen how much a blimmin roundabout costs? Around one million quid. For a circular bit of road. Absolutely crazy.
The scale of infrastructure projects in China is phenomenal. Over 30,000 miles of high speed rail track, for example. They only started in 2008. UK can't even get HS2 done. It's hard to see a truly thriving future UK within the current framework we operate in.
Bueareauchracy or however you spell that, is an industry in the UK. Things start as well intended but explode into committees, regulation groups, paid jobs. Health and safety legislation is another. The idea is sound however it is never long before someone decides there is a margin to be had and the whole thing ceases to be about keeping people safe rather than ensuring jobs for people who like holding clipboards.