Hansom: Sharp words

By Hansom2018-06-22T06:00:00

Interserve chief Debbie White counters the verbal jabs of government with understatement, while even a toddler can see the lack of progress on a road upgrade

Digger! Digger! Digger!

One of my hacks is planning to see Vinci’s UK chief executive Bruno Dupety soon. He plans to politely urge him to hurry up and complete the smart motorway scheme it is carrying out with Balfour Beatty on the M6 between junctions two and four. My scribe is a regular user of the road, and his three-year-old son keeps loudly pointing out all the diggers dotted along the stretch being dug up – which is driving him nuts, he says. Unfortunately for him, work is not due to finish until 2020.

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