Quote ="financialtimes"IMO Thornes Park was never Viable and was never more than a pipe dream to try to satisfy the RL & SL, poor traffic connections, poor parking, middle of a residential area, sounds a bit like BV to me, sorry but from the moment I saw the thornes plan I never thought it would come to fruition, NM if defo the better option, might not be the best one as I still feel the Durkar Jct 39 was the most viable option and we all know who put a stop to that
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Majesticaly wrong and mis informed on the first bit, but then it's easy to knock things down after the event
Thornes was viable and in many ways is still better option than NM and way better than Durkar which has been explained on here many times was never an option - not ever - not even when Ted or Rodney miraculously owned it (which they never did but hey why ruin a good story)
The thing that did for Thornes was an all mighty recession - it's still going on I believe.
No public project as ambitious as Thornes would survive that. Yes there were NIMBY issues and other bit's and bobs not least who actually owned the land but they could be overcome - a total hold on public spending could not. The minute Northern Rock hit the rocks Thornes was over - had Thornes started two years earlier it might just have limped through a bit like Trinity Walk did.
Go on then, tell us who put a stop to Durkar?
However NM is it, last option - year zero so fingers crossed.
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Thornes was viable and in many ways is still better option than NM and way better than Durkar which has been explained on here many times was never an option - not ever - not even when Ted or Rodney miraculously owned it (which they never did but hey why ruin a good story)
