The decision for approval of the scope and funding for the Transpennine Route Upgrade has been quietly put back a further 6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 <\/a> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What was the point of setting up a \u201cNorthern Transport Acceleration Council\u201d when on its watch one of the biggest transport projects in the North is further delayed? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then again, when it\u2019s already nine years since the project was announced in the Autumn Statement 2011, what\u2019s another six months?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading
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