Evening Standard: "Crossrail 2 is vital for ‘golden age’, says Mayor Boris Johnson"

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"In 'The Greatest City on Earth', an upbeat 82-page document written by the Mayor himself, he argued the capital’s growth was a key driver of the UK economy.

"His call for a 'long-term and stable' funding settlement comes just two weeks before the Government spending review, which could include potentially 'catastrophic' cuts of 15 per cent of London’s transport budget.

"Mr Johnson said:

“After the wretched decades of the mid-20th century — when investment in transport was stifled — we are now back in what some (the optimists) would call a Golden Age. We are in the throes of a neo-Victorian surge of investment in mass transit. It is absolutely vital that we do not stop.”