Perhaps we could waste it on a dome on the banks of the Thames or something instead, I mean that really did help the London infrastructure, and sped up the traffic flow around Greenwich didn't it?
Alternatively we could build a Super Casino in Hull, run by an American entrepreneur of course, or anybody who's not British will do!

Get real folks, look at the cost of the Olympics, and the way it's rising daily, nothing's cheap these days, the old bridge will be unsafe for HGVs in 2012, and something is required to carry all the traffic across the Forth.

As for the idea of repairing HADRIAN's Wall, do remember that walls work in both directions ¦¬]

Giok