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Prioritise rail over road in North, say planners

INFRASTRUCTURE

22 January 2016
 

Major transport investment to improve connectivity across the north of England should be based on rail rather than road, the Transport Planning Society (TPS) has told the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC). 

“Given the way in which additional road capacity cannot keep pace with potential demand (and thus not provide an improvement in journey times compared to the present day for more than a few years) rail should be the early priority,” says the TPS in response to the...

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