Boris Watch

Further to BenSix’s post, a snark occurs:
“I f***ing warned you beforehand that I would not be very good on details.”
So did we, Boris, so did we.

Boris Baled out on Keith Vaz MP today, in quite spectacular style…
“I used to think that you were a straight guy. A man that you could do business with. This is f***ing ridiculous.”
“You have gone on television and connived to try to give the impression that I f***ing tipped off David Cameron.”
“You are trying to [...]

Yes, it’s official.  £64m from the DfT and £15m from TfL, say the Standard, which is a bit odd, since I was fairly sure the total cost was in the £100m+ range.  Still, there we go.  No word on whether Surrey Canal Road station, the supposed sticking point, has been definitively excised from or included [...]

New Civil Engineer reports that the annoyingly extended saga of the East London Line Extension Phase 2 may be about to reach a conclusion.
Phase 2 would connect London Overground services from Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction, with work to start following the 2012 Olympic Games.
Eh?  I hope NCE are wrong here, ELLX Phase 2 is [...]