candelario
Paul Cezanne vs. High Speed Rail. Who will win?
The French government has approved the TGV line, but due to public pressure plans to route the line around the Cézanne landscape.
http://thetransportpolitic.com/2009/07/01/france-approves-route-for-marseille-nice-tgv/
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Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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| Project is stopped |
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| Project is modified |
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- Activity: H$4,486 |
- Predictions: 18 |
Comments: 4
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Initial likelihoods: High speed rail project advances as planned: 25%, Project is stopped: 25%, Project is modified: 25%, Other outcome: 25%
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nanotube
: http://thetransportpolitic.com/2009/07/01/france-approves-route-for-marseille-nice-tgv/ nanotube: The original route for the speed rail project was supposed to link Nice to Aix-En-Provence, birth place of Paul Cézanne. It was feared that the vines and olive trees of Mont Sainte-Victoire made famous by the artist could be grubbed up to make way for a new TGV line. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/12/railway-cezanne-mont-sainte-victoire
Fortunately, the line route has been modified and now goes though the coastline via Toulan and Marseille as show here http://thetransportpolitic.com/2009/07/01/france-approves-route-for-marseille-nice-tgv/
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: The French government has approved the TGV line, but due to public pressure plans to route the line around the Cézanne landscape.
http://thetransportpolitic.com/2009/07/01/france-approves-route-for-marseille-nice-tgv/
Suspend date: Tue 7th Jul 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 21st Jul 12:44pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 7th Jul 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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undercontrol
predicted Project is stopped (H$1 at 12%)
pitchedoutsideleg
predicted High speed rail project advances as planned (H$2,000 at 44%)Comments (4)
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Fortunately, the line route has been modified and now goes though the coastline via Toulan and Marseille as show here http://thetransportpolitic.com/2009/07/01/france-approves-route-for-marseille-nice-tgv/
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