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Rowlands insists DfT has learnt lessons from poor performance of light rail

09 August 2006
David Rowlands
David Rowlands

 

DfT permanent secretary David Rowlands conceded last week that the Government had made a series of mistakes in how it has managed Britain's light rail building programme. Appearing before the House of Commons public accounts committee that was considering the National Audit Office's report on light rail (LTT 22 Apr), Rowlands said the Government should not have approved certain schemes; should have insisted that schemes be integrated with bus services; and had failed to properly evaluate the...

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