Transport investment

Stuii has some comments on the Governments road-building programme. He calls for massive investment in railways to accompany any investments in the road network.

After all, if the continentals can manage better road and rail networks than us, it must be doable.

Of course, with the railways in their present state, simply throwing more money at them isn't going to achieve anything on it's own; a lot of money is already being spent, and far too much is wasted by a combination of a fragmented industry that can't control it's costs, and an out-of-control Health and Safely Executive. I've said this many times before, but it's still true.