Dublin Port Tunnel - was €165 now €624,000,000 and rising
Luas - a €279 million now €775,000,000
Airport metro - €2.2 billion doubled to €4,800,000,000 according RPA
National roads: of €9.2 billion. Now €15,800,000,000 [source SBPost]
that’s a lot of zeros to get under estimated and a lot of tax money over spent and a lot of land owners pockets lined and a lot of multinational CEO’s bonuses paid? read on
CIA data was misleading on Iraq. The intel evidence was very faulty, it led USA/UK to war on a lie. The CIA had many eyes in the sky but very few ears on the ground.
read the 500+ page report @ http://www.intelligence.senate.gov
Tonight London?s West End will echo to the sound of Grand Prix engines this evening when eight of the ten Formula One teams take part in a demonstration run along Regent Street in the build-up to this weekend?s British Grand Prix. Will they pay the © charge?
[facts on London car use]
Only 13% of Central London’s 1.1 million workers commute by car
Nearly 40% of households in London do not own a car
Fewer than half (47%) of trips made by Londoners are by car
The average speed of a car in London in the morning peak period is now 9.9 mph
Cycling in Central London is 50% faster than travelling by car