Transport: North of England

(asked on 15th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on transport in the North of changes to funding to Transport for the North.


Answered by
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Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 22nd January 2021

The Government is committed to levelling up every part of this country, including the North. This is reflected in the recent Spending Review, which included funding for key transport infrastructure projects and programmes in the North. Recently, we’ve confirmed Teeside as the home of the UK’s first hydrogen transport hub, are progressing a £500m scheme to bring back rail connections lost in the Beeching cuts including in the North, started work on the £51million A19 upgrade six months ahead of schedule and are progressing plans for the £1billion A66 upgrade.

The most recent allocation of core funding to Transport for the North will enable the organisation to continue to play a valuable role in delivering its statutory functions of developing a transport strategy for the region and helping the Department to prioritise, bringing strength of partnership among members to speak to the government with one voice. The Department will continue to work with TfN to achieve our shared ambition of world-class transport infrastructure in the region.

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