The real reason it takes so long to build infrastructure in Britain
Politics, politics, politics
Anybody driving from Milton Keynes to Cambridge in eastern England is likely to take the a428. The road is mostly fine. But for 15km between St Neots and Caxton Gibbet (a place reputedly named for the grisly practice of hanging dying and dead criminals in cages) it narrows to a single carriageway—one lane in each direction. Traffic jams and accidents are common. The local mp, Jonathan Djanogly, calls the A428 “a very nasty road”.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Taking the slow road”
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