Quote Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays View Post
If potholes is an extreme example, why is 25% of the overall diverted money from the Birmingham to Manchester link being allocated across the country allegedly to fix them. I say allegedly as all this is about budgets from the 2029 financial year onwards. Apart from conference gesture politics where Sunak's Network North list is unravelling by the hour what level of confidence do you have that the guy that presented this unravelling wish list would have any say over delivering it?
Potholes are an extreme example from the list of projects; ie, they are the smallest intervention. But they still impact millions of people who probably get pissed off that their street isn't fixed when we are spending billions on getting people to London half an hour quicker.

The reality is that far more projects can bee funded now and yeah I think that's a good thing. Don't you?

There's no guarantee any of it will be built. That's how politics work. Labour could cancel them all or redirect funding. Some may end up not happening for one reason or another. Drakeford cancelled the M4 relief road that Carwyn Jones wanted for example..that's what happens

It doesn't mean you don't identify and fund anything to move them forward though or else absolutely nothing ever would be built because nothing would get off the drawing board.

Do you not see the value in any of the many projects that they have said will now be funded with the money saved?