At least couple of infrastructure projects, that seem pretty modest but valuable in their own way, appear to have vanished because they were subsumed into larger projects. The larger projects failing because they are too ambitious for the times.
(1) Proposal to extend third rail from Bidston to new parkway station(s) at Woodchurch and Beechwood. £16M at most recent costing.
This became subsumed into Bidston-Wrexham electrification which suffered sticker shock when priced at well over £200M for third-rail.
(2) Little discussed idea to electrify from Northwich to Hartford Curve (WCML). Not advanced because it would be part of either a proposed tunnelling from Manchester Airport to Mobberley or part of a Middlewich line upgrade.
Either of which would be hugely more expensive than would be only electrifying those three easy miles Westwards from Northwich.
There must be other relatively little projects, hugely worthwhile taken in isolation, but that have gone the same way. By being subsumed.
Care to name some?
(1) Proposal to extend third rail from Bidston to new parkway station(s) at Woodchurch and Beechwood. £16M at most recent costing.
This became subsumed into Bidston-Wrexham electrification which suffered sticker shock when priced at well over £200M for third-rail.
(2) Little discussed idea to electrify from Northwich to Hartford Curve (WCML). Not advanced because it would be part of either a proposed tunnelling from Manchester Airport to Mobberley or part of a Middlewich line upgrade.
Either of which would be hugely more expensive than would be only electrifying those three easy miles Westwards from Northwich.
There must be other relatively little projects, hugely worthwhile taken in isolation, but that have gone the same way. By being subsumed.
Care to name some?