@gbnews: A project to build a short railway bridge in Oxford has cost nearly £90m more than the London Eye, it has been revealed. The construction of a bridge over Botley Road took more than three and a half years to finish, with an eye-watering £237.4m price tag. While the total also covers wider station improvement work and a redesigned road layout, the initial plans were expected to cost £161m. Will Godley reports. #Oxford #GBNews
its the no bid contracts, and to many middle managment stages, and then lack of man power, we seen across the world push the man power and it can be done fast which will drop cost hugely, not the 3 guy working and 6 watching on road side with 10 watching remotely at desks
2026-10-03 21:41:08
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Paul Lucas1273 :
only cost that much so the council could get there cut out of it for there back pockets and pensions because the government cut there spending for there own back pockets and pensions simple
2026-10-04 01:00:42
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moudja :
Empire State building took just 1 year and 45 days. that's 3 times quicker
2026-10-04 13:24:24
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MacaPoole :
I have no idea how to build a bridge but I know I could have done for £236m
2026-10-03 11:39:33
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Mooncake :
£237m, 10m go to the actual bridge and the rest goes to peoples pocket
2026-10-03 13:35:22
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Bagby :
soneone is scamming you
2026-10-04 11:29:27
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James :
£237m for a bridge😭😭
2026-10-03 12:33:03
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Ciaran :
100% someone inside profiting off this.
2026-10-03 16:59:36
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TeaFromHampshire :
is it internally lined with £50 notes??
2026-10-03 12:08:58
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Brad ONeill :
Make all the builders sell their van and get a work/bike that will speed things up 💪
2026-10-04 11:56:59
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Maack10🍋🎸🐊🇬🇧 :
we are devolving
2026-10-03 11:27:33
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raj :
Corrupt as hell😳
2026-10-03 12:31:19
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Lauris :
In China it’d be 2 weeks for a million
2026-10-03 18:29:14
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Nass :
They don’t realise this bridge is now more iconic than the London eye or Disneyland. This is Botley bridge, you can’t put a price on that
2026-10-03 12:00:50
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Scott :
£237 million, Over 3 and half years, that's mental.
2026-10-04 01:39:54
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Reebok :
U don’t have compare with all of that. Jeez
2026-10-04 04:06:36
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WEVEGOTLEFEE :
prob about 50 million in fake invoices😎👌
2026-10-03 15:01:48
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GentlemanJack :
corruption
2026-10-03 23:29:39
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largin8 :
yet the Chinese can do the same job in half the time and half the cost
2026-10-03 16:41:27
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GA_Retrofits| Sam :
Bet the company is owned by someone in the council
2026-10-03 13:55:45
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Jay Mumtaz :
This will go down as a scam in British construction projects. The amount of money and time 🕰️on this project will be a case study for construction studies.
2026-10-03 12:52:23
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Klaubs | Gigs & Festivals™️ :
There should be a detailed investigation into this. Far too many consultants/surveyors etc etc making fortunes off this. Absolute shambles.
2026-10-03 12:30:19
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Davee Jones :
swear i couldve built it with b&q supplies for like 20k
2026-10-03 13:03:22
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vix🩷🖤 :
who comes up with this figure 😂😂
2026-10-03 19:41:29
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adambignell752 :
you got scammed a few hundred mil there bud
2026-10-03 12:09:16
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