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Appraisal: why the time saving method trumps land values

Tom Worsley, Visiting fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2
21 March 2014
 

I read with great interest your interview with David Metz although he is mistaken in his belief that, almost three years after my retirement from the Department, I am ‘in charge’ of the DfT’s appraisal methods (“Metz calls time on UK’s ‘flawed’ method of transport appraisal” LTT 07 Mar). I have about as much responsibility for current policy as David does, wearing his ex-Chief Scientist hat. 

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