Comments on: Motorway Congestion http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/11/21/motorway-congestion/ Cllr Iain Lindley - Prospective Conservative MP for Worsley & Eccles South Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:02:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul McKenna http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/11/21/motorway-congestion/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 Paul McKenna Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:56:02 +0000 http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/?p=631#comment-2282 ICE or TGV-style high speed passenger services are the only sensible way forward for the North West's beleaguered business travellers. A very important point which should be remembered is that the design operating speed of the existing Class 390 Pendolino fleet is 140 mph, and not the 125 mph currently in use. Labour screwed us out of PUG2 (Passenger Upgrade 2), by telling us it was far too expensive to implement. PUG2 would have provided the signalling and automatic train protection for the Pendos to safely operate as they were designed to. Come to think of it, Labour have "form" for screwing over and hoodwinking public transport users in Greater Manchester, remember the much vaunted Metrolink "Big Bang"? That went the same way as PUG2 did, rejected as being too expensive. The best thing any right-minded resident could do would be to vote AGAINST the Congestion Charge. Let us not forget Labour's own division on that very issue, Sir Richard Leese is in favour whilst his predecessor Graham Stringer MP says "No Way." A case of divided we stand if ever one was evident. ICE or TGV-style high speed passenger services are the only sensible way forward for the North West’s beleaguered business travellers. A very important point which should be remembered is that the design operating speed of the existing Class 390 Pendolino fleet is 140 mph, and not the 125 mph currently in use. Labour screwed us out of PUG2 (Passenger Upgrade 2), by telling us it was far too expensive to implement. PUG2 would have provided the signalling and automatic train protection for the Pendos to safely operate as they were designed to.

Come to think of it, Labour have “form” for screwing over and hoodwinking public transport users in Greater Manchester, remember the much vaunted Metrolink “Big Bang”? That went the same way as PUG2 did, rejected as being too expensive. The best thing any right-minded resident could do would be to vote AGAINST the Congestion Charge. Let us not forget Labour’s own division on that very issue, Sir Richard Leese is in favour whilst his predecessor Graham Stringer MP says “No Way.” A case of divided we stand if ever one was evident.

]]> By: The Wilted Rose http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/11/21/motorway-congestion/comment-page-1/#comment-2281 The Wilted Rose Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:04:06 +0000 http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/?p=631#comment-2281 High speed rail is a welcome proposal - Labour alas is stuck in the past on this issue. High speed rail is a welcome proposal – Labour alas is stuck in the past on this issue.

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