PhilipW
Member
All this week I have had a slightly wry smile.
Right from the moment the flyover was built in the early 60s, it was never really used to its full potential and for most of the last 40 years has hardly been used at all.
Now, far from being a colossal white elephant as was generally perceived, it is actually a key component of both the East-West rail link and the Electric Spine. One could even put forward a case to say that the Electric Spine would never have been proposed if the flyover did not already exist.
So, far from being an act of folly, it has turned out to be an act of vision.
So, well done to all those who campaigned for it and built it in the 1960s. This generation is grateful to you all.
Right from the moment the flyover was built in the early 60s, it was never really used to its full potential and for most of the last 40 years has hardly been used at all.
Now, far from being a colossal white elephant as was generally perceived, it is actually a key component of both the East-West rail link and the Electric Spine. One could even put forward a case to say that the Electric Spine would never have been proposed if the flyover did not already exist.
So, far from being an act of folly, it has turned out to be an act of vision.
So, well done to all those who campaigned for it and built it in the 1960s. This generation is grateful to you all.