Transpennine Route Upgrade Delayed Again

The decision for approval of the scope and funding for the Transpennine Route Upgrade has been quietly put back a further 6 months.

This is revealed in a letter from the Department for Transport to Huddersfield Civic Society, published at https://www.huddersfieldcivicsociety.org.uk/news/government-acknowledges-the-case-for-trans-pennine-rail-electrification

Like the civic society, SMART is disappointed that a project which should have been undertaken as a matter of urgency has been delayed yet again with no explanation.

It should not have taken anything like this long to make and implement a decision on a scheme which was announced as long ago as 2011. There can be no excuses, no conceivable justification for a delay of this magnitude.

What was the point of setting up a “Northern Transport Acceleration Council” when on its watch one of the biggest transport projects in the North is further delayed?

Then again, when it’s already nine years since the project was announced in the Autumn Statement 2011, what’s another six months?

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