So, almost £20 billion will go to the North:
With Bradford, ignored under previous proposals, now getting a new station and faster rail connections to Manchester.
Northern Powerhouse Rail now extended to include Hull and Sheffield.
A separate £12 billion fund will better connect Liverpool and Manchester, and I have already spoken to the Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region to kick start the work on this.
And West Yorkshire, thanks to £2.5 billion of funding, will finally get its mass transit system built in full.
Over 20 road schemes will be delivered.
And crucially, we’ll more than double the transport budgets of Northern Mayors, benefitting our largest cities and smallest towns.
Mr Speaker, we’re also investing in the Midlands, with almost £10 billion ensuring….
- the Midlands Rail Hub is completed in full
- increased mayoral budgets, including £1.5 billion for the new East Midlands City Region
- and councils – from Stoke on Trent to Lincolnshire –seeing long term transport funding settlements for the first time
Finally, the remainder of this transformational investment will be spread across the UK, including….
The hugely popular
£2 bus fare cap, which we’re extending, and people will see the benefit of this just next month.
Delivering the Ely Junction project and North Wales Mainline electrification – benefitting both passengers and freight…
And dealing with the menace of potholes, with £8.3 billion in new funding to resurface roads up and down the country.
All told, Network North is a new vision for transport.