20th March 2014, 11:08 PM
To play devil's advocate (or just silly optimist), if they were to invest the money in HS2, then surely it would lead to further investment in the local railway lines to connect everyone better to HS2, whether that is through electrification of existing lines, or re-opening old lines. Plenty of old coal lines particularly round West Yorkshire that could be upgraded. It would speed up my journey on Grand Central, where it takes just as long to get from Bradford to Doncaster as it does Doncaster to London... As much as I would like that to happen without a major infrastructure project.
And if it were to go ahead, there are going to be logistical issues on a grand scale in terms of how the work will be divvied up, will it happen all in one go etc etc. There are still far too many unknowns at the moment to even begin to consider how we are going to tackle this archaeologically. I guess a lot of other professions are having a lot of logistical headaches too about how this is all going to happen. So I guess fingers crossed that the subsequent government cancels it?
Are we as a profession ready to tackle such a huge infrastructure project? Because we will probably need to be at some point...
Sorry, lots of rambling, nonsensical thoughts just generally spilling from my brain, to my fingers, through the keyboard and now for you wonderful people to get confused about... :p Not to mention my whole general confusion at how a rail network can be privatised when I cant choose which train company I get on a train with...
And if it were to go ahead, there are going to be logistical issues on a grand scale in terms of how the work will be divvied up, will it happen all in one go etc etc. There are still far too many unknowns at the moment to even begin to consider how we are going to tackle this archaeologically. I guess a lot of other professions are having a lot of logistical headaches too about how this is all going to happen. So I guess fingers crossed that the subsequent government cancels it?
Are we as a profession ready to tackle such a huge infrastructure project? Because we will probably need to be at some point...
Sorry, lots of rambling, nonsensical thoughts just generally spilling from my brain, to my fingers, through the keyboard and now for you wonderful people to get confused about... :p Not to mention my whole general confusion at how a rail network can be privatised when I cant choose which train company I get on a train with...