Originally Posted by
Shed-on-a-Pole
The North has not yet had a single standalone publicly-funded infrastructure project approved at a price tag exceeding ONE billion (£1,000M), and to the best of my knowledge neither has any other region of the UK outside the SE.
The Edinburgh Tram finally came in at just over £1bn, for what turned out to be half of one line with a reportedly very low uptake of passengers. The benefit it delivers is miniscule in comparison to rebuilding Heathrow.