Great Western mainline electrification project 'a farce'
One of the biggest infrastructure projects the West of England has ever seen has descended into “a farce and a nightmare” after running into a series of problems.
Work to electrify the Great Western mainlines to the region from London is under way in earnest across Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, but is causing main roads across the area to be closed for months, with alternative routes “wrecked”, and a growing list of complaints, delays and struggling businesses.
The £5 billion project…
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