Expressway and new railway for Oxford-Cambridge corridor

A new Expressway road and the East-West Rail project lie at the heart of the Government’s plan to turn the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge arc into the UK’s answer to Silicon Valley.

The National Infrastructure Commission recommends hundreds of thousands of new homes in the arc, which has four distinct sub-regions, from left to right: Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bucks/Milton Keynes/Beds, and Cambridgeshire

The National Infrastructure Commission recommends hundreds of thousands of new homes in the arc, which has four distinct sub-regions, from left to right: Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bucks/Milton Keynes/Beds, and Cambridgeshire

Travel in the arc between Oxford and Cambridge today and a few things are instantly striking. West-east public transport is sparse – indeed, there are no end-to-end rail services so the traveller has to go into London and out again. The end-to-end road journey is also to a poor standard, with most of the journey made on single carriageway A roads.    

 All this looks set too change, however, as the Government promotes the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge arc as the UK’s...

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