This country's construction sector has delivered and can deliver major infrastructure projects of which we can all be proud. It is, therefore, interesting to read Sir John Armitt's views on the difficulties he faces as the new infrastructure tsar in turning plans into reality. I wish him and his team every success.
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Lets get infrastructure projects moving
At the heart of Britain’s infrastructure challenge is a tangle of both money and power: fiscal constraint dominates public spending, while knotted threads of governance between Westminster and decentralised decision makers frequently trip up progress.
After a prolonged and delayed legislative gestation period new developments in England will now have to provide a 10% net gain in...