After the scrapping of the HS2 link to Manchester, private investment may be needed to build the Old Oak Common to Euston section. Romans would have invited private investment and construction, the bill paid on completion.
Wealthy Romans formed a legal association called a societas when putting their own money into personal ventures, e.g.
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