Improve cross-border rail and roads, review says
A review of UK transport links recommends improving the A1, A75, A77, and upgrading the east and west coast mainlines.
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A review of UK transport links recommends improving the A1, A75, A77, and upgrading the east and west coast mainlines.
Prime Minister underlines commitment to stronger transport connections across the UK, as government publishes Sir Peter Hendy’s independent Union
Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy was asked by the Prime Minister to launch a feasibility study and it is understood he has ruled out such a plan for the foreseeable future.
A report found the cost of the link backed by Boris Johnson would be ‘impossible to justify’.
Peter Hendy said the price of either project “would be impossible to justify” as “the benefits could not possibly outweigh the costs”.