Transport: North of England

(asked on 13th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2016 to Question 39519, how much was provided to which projects under funding for (a) Highways England capital expenditure, (b) major transport schemes in local authorities and (c) other rail enhancements.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 27th June 2016

Details of the projects that will receive funding from the £4.8bn Highways England capital expenditure is available through the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-investment-strategy-plans-summary-of-assumptions

A breakdown of the funding for major transport schemes in local authorities is provided below:

Major Transport Schemes in Local Authorities

£m

A164 Humber Bridge to Beverley Improvements

10

A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road

230

Access York Phase 1 (Park & Ride)

23

Bedale/Aiskew/Leeming Bar Bypass (North Yorkshire)

34

Beverley Southern Relief Road

22

Crewe Green Link Road

26

Heysham to M6 Link Road (Lancashire)

124

Leeds Inner Relief Road Maintenance

25

Leeds Public Transport (formerly allocated to Leeds New Generation Transport)

250

Leeds Rail Growth (Kirkstall Forge and Apperley Bridge stations)

16

Leeds Station Southern Entrance

20

Manchester Cross City Bus

43

Manchester Metrolink Extensions - Second City Crossing

165

Mersey Gateway Bridge

211

Morpeth Northern Bypass

30

Pennine Reach (Blackburn)

40

Rochdale Interchange

12

South Yorkshire Bus Rapid Transit North

36

Sunderland Strategic Corridor (New Wear Crossing)

118

Thornton to Switch Island (Sefton)

18

Todwick Crossroads Improvement (Rotherham)

14

White Rose Way Improvement Scheme (Doncaster)

17

TOTAL

1,484

The funding shown is the lifetime public sector capital cost of each scheme funded or planned to be funded during the period 2015/16 to 2020/21

Other rail enhancements include over £1bn we are investing to upgrade rail infrastructure in the North of England. This includes a substantial electrification programme and other track, station and signalling improvements - to increase capacity and the number of services and making journeys faster and more reliable.

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