Budget ( November ’17): Funding for transport across England

Funding for transport across England

£1.7 billion will go towards improving transport in English cities. Half will be given to Combined Authorities with Mayors, and the rest allocated by a competition.

An extra £337 million will go towards a fleet of new trains on the Tyne & Wear Metro.

An extra £6 million will go towards the Midlands Connect motorway and rail projects.

Transport links along the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor will be improved by:

• completing the rail link between Oxford and Bedford, and Aylesbury and Milton Keynes
• setting up a new East West Rail Company to speed up work on the rail link between Bedford and Cambridge
• £5 million to help develop plans for Cambridge South Station
• building the Expressway road between Oxford and Cambridge