On 29th January, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced transport investment plans: a third runway for Heathrow Airport, a second for Gatwick, and a new road tunnel the Lower Thames Crossing, near Dartford.
East West Rail was in … Read more › “Rail transport needs of the Northern Arc”
The Department for Transport is consulting on climate change adaptation and the approach it wants to see the transport sector follow. Greengauge 21 believes that the DfT’s proposed approach misses an essential need of an adaptation strategy.
While resilience is … Read more › “Why the nation needs a climate change adaptation strategy for transport”
For 15 years, a Government consensus held. The West Coast Main Line was the priority corridor for capacity relief in the form of HS2.
Now, with the section across Cheshire abandoned and completion to Euston fogged by the miasma of … Read more › “West Coast Lessons”
The 15-year consensus on creating HS2 has been shattered. The fall-out causes all kinds of problems, in particular for the Midlands and North.
HS2 was not just a new railway, but an opportunity to get better value out of the … Read more › “HS2 curtailed: the regional fall-out”
