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Gobsmacked that up to now Network Rail haven’t been able to reclaim the cost of bridge repairs from the culprits.
J J:
I agree, this is long overdue for{ financial } action.
If you hit them in the Insurance claims, then people will soon take notice!
I suspect there may be some quirk in the law & that a “Test Case” will be necessary?
@JJ It says so in the article “Recently landmark legal cases mean that Network Rail can now claim back some of the huge cost associated with strikes like this, and they are fully prepared to do so.”
It has been the case for highway infrastructure to be paid the same way, like ambulances and police time. The British way of being efficient and it all being borne by society. With local budgets stretched Insurers will be under increasing obligation. No doubt there will be an obligation of due care upon the infrastructure too – why are low bridges not protected with sacrificial beams? And what is the contribution of highway design, signage, and warning systems. Video evidence too will feature.