Dear Mr Mean,
The same principles operate for the railways and the docks
Marion Pingriff (The Citizen, 12 Oct) is quite right to ask when Gloucester’s citizens are going to wake up and when its leaders to show foresight in supporting a better railway station in the triangle. Our MP, local leaders and Citizen readers might reflect on the recent words written by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London.
“If you look at the history of London and Britain over the last century, you can see how a failure to invest in transport infrastructure was fatal to long-term growth. When London lost the docks in the Sixties, there was a collapse of employment and population as the ships went elsewhere. We cannot make the same mistake again.”
“If you look at the history of London and Britain over the last century, you can see how a failure to invest in transport infrastructure was fatal to long-term growth. When London lost the docks in the Sixties, there was a collapse of employment and population as the ships went elsewhere. We cannot make the same mistake again.”
There is no difference in principle between docks in Gloucester which are not dredged adequately and a railway station not directly connected to the key mainline stations of Bristol and Birmingham.
The Citizen organized a very commendable and successful campaign to protect the current level of dredging in the docks, now is the time to organize a similar petition to have a new direct line railway station on the triangle. I suggest that those readers in support should write to you, and those elected representatives who agree should have the courage to say so in public.
Yours sincerely,
Nick Edwards
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