HS2 (High Speed 2)

msgyorkie:

Santa:
It’s not just the people in HV vests with shovels that make money from these massive construction schemes. And it is not just the ‘fat cat’ bosses either. Mostly, it’s all the people in the middle like hauliers, crane operators, concrete suppliers, steel works, loco manufactures etc, etc.

In 1933, in the middle of the great depression, F D Roosevelt pumped billions into the US economy, partly by large-scale public works such as dams, bridges, and schools. The New Deal did a lot of other stuff as well, the Hoover Dam being one of the most memorable.

Correct. Its also not workers direct on site either. There are factorys making the components, screws nails and rebar etc etc that get work from it.

Probably mostly coming from China if were honest, along with all the steel!