Eastern Powerhouse worried over threat to Ely Junction work
Failure to upgrade a crucial rail junction just outside Norfolk will continue to hold back the region from fulfilling its potential, say business bosses.
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Failure to upgrade a crucial rail junction just outside Norfolk will continue to hold back the region from fulfilling its potential, say business bosses.
Three Suffolk MPs, including Waveney MP Peter Aldous, have raised concerns for 'overdue improvements' to Ely and Haughley rail junctions.
MPs from the East of England APPG have expressed concern over whether railway upgrades to Ely Junction could be scrapped.
The Government has indicated that the projected £450m cost of upgrading Ely rail infrastructure may be too high a price to pay.
MPs in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, Peter Aldous and Daniel Zeichner, have urged the government to prioritise improvements to Ely and Haughley railway junctions.