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Re:UK's infrastructure is too expensive: Railways, Trams, an... by readthenotes1 on Saturday August 26, 2023 @02:48PM (#37275714)
"was estimated to cost about £56.7bn in 2023 prices. But this proved to be a massive underestimate. The 134 miles of track between London and Birmingham alone is now forecast to cost £53bn,"

How is -£3.7bn a massive underestimate. Usually coming in under estimate is a good thing (outside of govt and consulting, of course)

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Re:UK's infrastructure is too expensive: Railways, Trams, an... by Dfiesl on Saturday August 26, 2023 @02:54PM (#37275774)
The original £56.7bn estimate was from London all the way to Leeds. Whereas the £53bn figure they quoted is just for London to Birmingham which is only about half way to Leeds.
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Re:UK's infrastructure is too expensive: Railways, Trams, an... by DanielVZ on Saturday August 26, 2023 @02:54PM (#37275780)
It says a part of the project now costs almost as much as the whole previous estimate. Emphasis on “alone”.
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Re:UK's infrastructure is too expensive: Railways, Trams, an... by AS37 on Saturday August 26, 2023 @02:53PM (#37275763)
The article says the original estimate was for tracks between 4 cities, not 2.
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