Crumbling Westminster = £3bn +. What should we do ? Poll..
Poll: Crumbling Westminster = £3bn +. What should we do ? Poll..
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Discussion
Neil H said:
It’s like suggesting you should be able to restore a 250 GTO for the same cost as manufacturing a 458 Stradale.
I suspect you may be able to. Old cars are pretty simple things. Even ones with Ponies onWith respect to the HOP you are quite right. Restoration costs are going to be massively higher than building a modern replacement
BlackLabel said:
Taking a leaf out of the recycling industry's book, I like it.
I think they are missing a trick.
Find a University with some aging city centre premises. Preferably with good transport links to London - probably near the High Speed Line.
Build a new campus for the University, which will function initially as the 'temporary parliament', including housing.
Once the gubberment moves back, move University in. Then redevelop/sell existing city centre campus to fund....
Find a University with some aging city centre premises. Preferably with good transport links to London - probably near the High Speed Line.
Build a new campus for the University, which will function initially as the 'temporary parliament', including housing.
Once the gubberment moves back, move University in. Then redevelop/sell existing city centre campus to fund....
REALIST123 said:
I do trust that they'll obtain 3 separate quotes for the work.
Are we having a sweep on what the final cost will be? £3B, current estimate; I'll plump for £6.75B.
Edited to add that I now see there are already official estimates up to £5.7B; I'll go for £9B.
This is the bit that is really scary - with English Heritage knowing the cheque is effectively blank along with all the complexities they will find that they didnt know about - this could end up costing a terrifying sum of money....Are we having a sweep on what the final cost will be? £3B, current estimate; I'll plump for £6.75B.
Edited to add that I now see there are already official estimates up to £5.7B; I'll go for £9B.
paolow said:
REALIST123 said:
I do trust that they'll obtain 3 separate quotes for the work.
Are we having a sweep on what the final cost will be? £3B, current estimate; I'll plump for £6.75B.
Edited to add that I now see there are already official estimates up to £5.7B; I'll go for £9B.
This is the bit that is really scary - with English Heritage knowing the cheque is effectively blank along with all the complexities they will find that they didnt know about - this could end up costing a terrifying sum of money....Are we having a sweep on what the final cost will be? £3B, current estimate; I'll plump for £6.75B.
Edited to add that I now see there are already official estimates up to £5.7B; I'll go for £9B.
king built so it let them try and get there every fThe building should be restored, £3bn is a first estimate and in reality it is more likely to be £10bn+. As a taxpayer I am okay with this because the building represents more than just somewhere for politicians to work in.
The real question is why has it been left to fall into such a poor state of repair and now requires urgent work to stop bits falling down. There seems to be a permanent issue of governments, councils and other public organisations failing to maintain the fabric of the country's infrastructure until the point where it cannot be ignored any longer. Then the repair bill is enormous because it has been left too long.
The real question is why has it been left to fall into such a poor state of repair and now requires urgent work to stop bits falling down. There seems to be a permanent issue of governments, councils and other public organisations failing to maintain the fabric of the country's infrastructure until the point where it cannot be ignored any longer. Then the repair bill is enormous because it has been left too long.
gottans said:
There seems to be a permanent issue of governments, councils and other public organisations failing to maintain the fabric of the country's infrastructure until the point where it cannot be ignored any longer. Then the repair bill is enormous because it has been left too long.
= all muppets.Stickyfinger said:
gottans said:
There seems to be a permanent issue of governments, councils and other public organisations failing to maintain the fabric of the country's infrastructure until the point where it cannot be ignored any longer. Then the repair bill is enormous because it has been left too long.
= all muppets.speedyguy said:
Stickyfinger said:
gottans said:
There seems to be a permanent issue of governments, councils and other public organisations failing to maintain the fabric of the country's infrastructure until the point where it cannot be ignored any longer. Then the repair bill is enormous because it has been left too long.
= all muppets.so we get to pay for the many patches and then the big fix rather than one smaller bill.
My take on the whole thing is that we fix up the HOP, properly, using British firms and materials so our economy gets the money back rather than a load of workers and materials arriving from the EU.
We will be spending the money anyway, the Govt will want a swank new HQ if they get told they cant do up the HOP and that swank new HQ will be on a horrible never ending PFI scheme that my children's children's grand children will still be paying for at an ever increasing sum per annum and will have many design problems and wont actually be fit for purpose.
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