Metro project should be shunted into a siding

IN his letter (May 26), Jason Fitzharris assures us that “Metro North has the support of all mainstream political parties.”

This highlights the lack of strategic thinking that has got this country into the current mess.

Orchestrating expensive transport systems that will cause chaos in the capital in the middle of a recession is not wise, to put it mildly. Firstly, we do not have the money and even if we borrow it, there are areas of expenditure which will give a far better return.