Noit to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoHS2 is officially ‘unachievable’ after being given red ratingwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down11
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minus-squareNoitOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoBritain struggles to achieve any project of scale. Just look at our lack of success in building nuclear power stations.
minus-squarevext01@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWe have one high speed rail link already, HS1. It goes from London to the channel tunnel. This article is about HS2, that would go north.
minus-squarePetrichor@mastodon.ielinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@vext01 Perhaps what I mean is that the British are *now* unable to build projects of scale
minus-squarevext01@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe not with all the other stuff going on…
minus-squareramble81@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf you think that’s bad, wait till you hear about the US… Only one small part that hits 150mph (240km/h) on a 50mi (80km) section. For a country that’s got more land area that Europe…
minus-squareChristian Kent@urbanists.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@sinabhfuil @Noit Oh it is, but it’s also able to do road-friendly lobbying just as well as the USA
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Britain struggles to achieve any project of scale. Just look at our lack of success in building nuclear power stations.
We have one high speed rail link already, HS1. It goes from London to the channel tunnel.
This article is about HS2, that would go north.
@vext01 Perhaps what I mean is that the British are *now* unable to build projects of scale
Maybe not with all the other stuff going on…
If you think that’s bad, wait till you hear about the US… Only one small part that hits 150mph (240km/h) on a 50mi (80km) section. For a country that’s got more land area that Europe…
@sinabhfuil @Noit Oh it is, but it’s also able to do road-friendly lobbying just as well as the USA