James Derrick
"The government has announced the scheme to dual the A1 in Northumberland will not go ahead."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04lnek2d2xo

* Write a spec
* Pay for the engineering design
* Change the spec
* Pay for the planning 
* (Fix a bridge that was collapsing over washed-out coal seams.)
* Pay for the preparatory works (e.g. move a gas trunk main)
* Ready, Set, Cancel.

I get the induced demand arguments, but this is just silly. My preference would be for ECML bypass loops around Morpeth separating express / local, but the strategy seems to be do nothing.

Treasury Green Book is the issue - undervalues infrastructure. 