This cash is used to finance the early stages of the project and is supplemented by subsequent payments as work progresses, with the bulk of the money paid on completion.

ECONOMIST: Alstom

Construction work is expected to start during the summer with a number of public consultations planned as the work progresses.

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"As our monitoring work progresses, Snowdon ECN will continue to track changes in the climate, in airborne pollution and land management, " said one of the report's authors Dylan Lloyd.

BBC: Snowdon getting 'warmer and wetter' says 15-year survey

Science progresses as the work of one group is reproduced and verified by others.

ECONOMIST: Academic freedom