Green light for hundreds of local transport improvements

Andrew Forster
11 July 2014
The DfT has provisionally pledged £100m for two Midland Metro extensions in Birmingham: to Edgbaston, and to the proposed HS2 station at Curzon Street (pictured)
The DfT has provisionally pledged £100m for two Midland Metro extensions in Birmingham: to Edgbaston, and to the proposed HS2 station at Curzon Street (pictured)

 

Ministers this week gave the go-ahead to hundreds of local transport schemes across England in growth deals struck with Local Enterprise Partnerships. 

About £1.8bn of Local Growth Fund cash will be allocated to over 200 transport projects starting in 2015/16. Provisional funding of £1.3bn has been awarded to a further 120 schemes that could start from 2016/17 onwards. 

Eye-catching public transport projects include: electrification of the railway to Hull; two extensions...

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