Apr. 03 2024
Source Page: Adapting the UK’s transport system to the impacts of climate changeFound: of Felixstowe has recognised both the predicted impacts of climate change from rising sea levels and
Asked by: Matt Hancock (Independent - West Suffolk)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for the upgrading of Haughley and Ely rail junctions.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The recently announced Network North programme of investment included confirmation of government’s support for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) programme and the substantial benefits this will bring, including a doubling of passenger services on the Ely to Kings Lynn and Ipswich to Peterborough routes together with additional freight paths into the Port of Felixstowe.
Network Rail have developed the scheme to Outline Business Case stage; next steps will involve further investment case development and delivery planning.
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11055 on Railway Signals: Cambridge, what his Department's timeframe is for the development of a business case for the re-signalling of Ely Junction.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The recently announced Network North programme of investment included confirmation of government’s support for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) programme and the substantial benefits this will bring, including a doubling of passenger services on the Ely to Kings Lynn and Ipswich to Peterborough routes together with additional freight paths into the Port of Felixstowe.
Network Rail have developed the scheme to Outline Business Case stage; next steps will involve further investment case development and delivery planning.
Oral Evidence Mar. 13 2024
Inquiry: Future of transport dataFound: Things come into port on shipping lines, and they are all producing data.
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: National Networks National Policy StatementFound: as Felixstowe, Southampton and London Gateway, movi ng goods from abroad to key logistics facilities
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: National Networks National Policy StatementFound: as Felixstowe, Southampton and London Gateway, movi ng goods from abroad to key logistics facilities
Mar. 04 2024
Source Page: King Charles III England Coast Path from Shotley Gate to Felixstowe Ferry: Natural England's proposalsFound: King Charles III England Coast Path from Shotley Gate to Felixstowe Ferry: Natural England's proposals
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 14 February (HL2133), what are the minimum and expected timescales for the following stages of Ely Area Capacity Enhancement and upgrading of Haughley Junction: (1) the final business case, (2) the Ministerial decision to proceed to implementation, (3) the issuance of a Transport Work Act Order, (4) the commencement of works, and (5) the completion of works.
Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The recently announced Network North programme of investment included confirmation of government’s support for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) programme and the substantial benefits this will bring, including a doubling of passenger services on the Ely to Kings Lynn and Ipswich to Peterborough routes together with additional freight paths into the Port of Felixstowe.
Network Rail have developed the scheme to Outline Business Case stage; next steps will involve further investment case development and delivery planning.
Feb. 22 2024
Source Page: A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet: full business caseFound: of Felixstowe connecting the key economic centres of Milton Keynes, Bedford, and Cambridge.
Feb. 22 2024
Source Page: A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet: full business caseFound: of Felixstowe connecting the key economic centres of Milton Keynes, Bedford, and Cambridge.