Todays Observer contails an article about the cost of the M1 widening which is to cost £21m per mile: "Budget of huge project is now expected to exceed the annual GDP of a third of the world's countries". The first two paragraphs of the article follow, for more info see the feature article: Work Starts On M1 Widening As Protests Continue, 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360616.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360616.html
The cost of widening the M1, Britain's biggest road-building project, is spiralling out of controll with each mile costing more than £21m.
The National Audit Office was called on last night to investigate why the price of the project has risen from £3.7bn to £5.1bn. The latest estimate makes the 240-mile project bigger than the annual economies of a third of the world's nations.
Juliette Jowit, transport editor
Sunday May 6, 2007
The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,,2073632,00.html
The National Audit Office was called on last night to investigate why the price of the project has risen from £3.7bn to £5.1bn. The latest estimate makes the 240-mile project bigger than the annual economies of a third of the world's nations.
Juliette Jowit, transport editor
Sunday May 6, 2007
The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,,2073632,00.html
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i'm a pig
06.05.2007 23:23
pattheroadbuilder
It'll cost more than that!
07.05.2007 17:14
Treehugga