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The TFL group (transport for London) have reportedly wasted more [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] than 64 million [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] pounds on a scheme which has collapsed which was meant to make seven tube stations accessible to disabled passengers using wheelchairs and parents with push chairs.
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It has also been made public knowledge that the TFL spent around 39 million pounds as Shepherd's Bush station with an estimated 4.4 million being spent on new lifts and the fees of the contractor reaching 22 million, even though the only things built were two empty lift shafts. It has been suggested that the project and all that it entailed had been largely underestimated.
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Some other development has been stopped at a further six stations [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] since September last year due to travel for London not having enough [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] money to continue. The work was halted at this point "to avoid further impacting the customer environment and to avoid [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] incurring unnecessary construction or reinstatement costs", explained Travel for London.
The collapse of the scheme means that wheelchair users and parents with buggies will not have lift access to platforms [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] now. There is an outside possibility that the projects could be restarted in the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] future however there are no immediate plans. This is a big disappointment to many and the amount of money that has been spent on the project with no results [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] is extremely frustrating.
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Submitted : [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] 2010-10-21 01:48:55Word Count : 336Popularity: 56Tags: london underground, tube stations, london tube, disabled access
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