< img src="https://wp.inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SEI_130755132.jpg"class="ff-og-image-inserted"> The new Royal Yacht to change Britannia, the creation of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has actually been shelved– the 4th task of his to have actually been axed at aoverall cost of more than ₤ 51m to the British taxpayer.Rishi Sunak has chosen to ditch the flagship, which would have been utilized to drive trade handle the post-Brexit Britain, as
he embarks on his agenda of cutting spending in the Autumn Statement.Building the ship, set to launch by the end of 2024, would have cost in the area of ₤ 250m. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace informed MPs that he was rather prioritising the advancement of a brand-new Navy security ship, adding:” In the face of the Russian prohibited and unprovoked intrusion of Ukraine and Putin’s careless disregard of global plans designed to keep world order, it is best that we prioritise providing abilities which safeguard our nationwide infrastructure.”The Government has currently spent ₤ 2.5 m of taxpayers’ money on the project, which will now have gone to lose. Much of this was invested in using a team of officials from the Ministry of Defence.It is not the only project proposed by Mr Johnson that has stopped working to come to fulfillment. Three others, the bridge linking Northern Ireland to Scotland, “Boris Island”
airport and Garden Bridge, were also dumped after millions of pounds of taxpayers’cash was invested in them.In total the 4 stopped working tasks have actually cost the taxpayer ₤ 51.4 m.Northern Ireland-Scotland Bridge: ₤ 900,000 The expediency research study into the Northern Ireland and Scotland bridge cost taxpayers nearly ₤ 1m.
The report, commissioned by the previous prime minister in 2021, dismissed the strategy, due to its whopping ₤ 335bn price tag for a bridge, and ₤ 209bn for a tunnel.Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy, who led the examination, said the job would be “impossible to justify”and the benefits” could not perhaps outweigh the costs”. Commissioning the research into the expediency of a repaired link in between the 2 countries cost ₤ 896,681. A Department for Transport Spokesperson stated the purpose of the
Union Connectivity Review was to analyze all aspects of transport connectivity in between the UK nations.”As part of this in-depth evaluation, we talked to the best engineers and technical specialists and undertook substantial social and geographical research to carry out a detailed study.”More from Politics Boris Island: ₤ 5million Mr Johnson advanced the idea of an island airport as an alternative to a third runway at Heathrow while he was Mayor of London.It would have seen a four-runway airport developed in the Thames Estuary, called “Boris Island”. The Airports Commission turned down the scheme in September 2014 due
to fears over spiralling costs, ecological impact and financial disruption.At the time, Mr Johnson confessed that around
₤ 5m of taxpayers ‘cash was spent on the project. However he stated the cash was “well worth it”.”It’s well worth it when you consider the extremely fantastic development we’ve made on determining transport paths, corridors of development that are going to be absolutely vital for this city anyhow offered the real estate pressures we’ve talked about,”he said.Garden Bridge: ₤ 43million Another proposition during Mr Johnson’s time as London
Mayor was Garden Bridge, a proposed pedestrian bridge and public garden over the River Thames, connecting Temple with the South Bank.It was led
by the Garden Bridge Trust, with the Government promising ₤ 60m towards the bridge’s expense– half from Transport for London(TfL) and half from main
Government.When Sadiq Khan was successful Mr Johnson in 2016, he asked Dame Margaret Hodge MP to lead an independent review into the project which concluded it must be ditched. She kept in mind the intensifying costs of building and approximated the last bill could exceed ₤ 200m. The project was axed in August 2017 since of a shortage in private funding, issues with securing rights to land and problems obtaining final preparation consent.Taxpayers had currently invested ₤ 43m on
the bridge over the three years.TfL spent ₤ 24m and the Department for Transport contributed ₤ 18.9 m. An additional ₤ 11m was raised by the economic sector, raising the tally to ₤ 54m in preparations alone.The bill consisted of ₤ 2.16 m on consultancy charges, ₤ 2.3 m on legal costs and another ₤ 1.8 m on executive pay.The architect Thomas Heatherwick and
his studio were paid an overall of ₤ 2.7 m, consisting of VAT, for bridge style work, while roughly ₤ 1.3 m was spent on marine surveys, including a”careful search”for unexploded bombs in the river.In addition, Arup, the engineering group got ₤ 12.7 m in charges, while Bouygues Travaux Publics and Cimolai SpA, which were contracted as a joint endeavor to build the bridge, were paid ₤ 21.4 m.
