Date: 30/07/2014

Blueprints for a new orbital metro-style railway around London are being drawn up by the city's transport authorities as part of a massive proposed infrastructure investment to keep the capital moving as the population soars in coming decades. Around £200bn of spending on transport infrastructure alone will be needed in the capital by 2050 to keep it in the top tier of world cities, according to the London mayor, Boris Johnson. Predicting that London's geography would shift to the east as the population passes 11 million, Johnson said unfashionable Barking would be the Piccadilly Circus of a century's time. [From John Thorn]

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London orbital railway on mayor's £1.3tn wishlist

Guardian

Boris Johnson says London Infrastructure 2050 plan is a wake-up call to stark needs of London over next half a century