Category: Transport and infrastructure

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Improving road and rail connectivity key to ‘Levelling Up’ the East Midlands

Better rail links, reduced congestion and safer roads are all highlighted as key priorities for ‘Levelling Up’ the...

  • Transport and infrastructure

Reaction to the Government’s Integrated Rail Plan: Joint Statement from East Midlands Councils and TfEM (18.11.21)

Today’s publication of the Government’s long anticipated Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) is an important milestone.  The IRP is...

  • Transport and infrastructure

It’s Time To Level Up Transport Funding In The East Midlands!

IT’S TIME TO LEVEL UP TRANSPORT FUNDING IN THE EAST MIDLANDS! Council Leaders, MPs and business leaders are...

  • Transport and infrastructure

TfEM sets out new ambitions for improving rail in the East Midlands

4th October 2021 – TfEM published a refresh of its ‘Rail Strategic Statement in the East Midlands’ recently agreed...

  • Transport and infrastructure

Levels of Public Investment in the East Midlands, July 2021

The most recent HM Treasury report confirms the region is continuing to lose out in terms of public...

  • Transport and infrastructure

Transport for the East Midlands (TfEM) has offered a cautious welcome to the Government’s Rail White Paper

Transport for the East Midlands (TfEM) has offered a cautious welcome to the Government’s Rail White Paper (Williams-Shapps...

  • Transport and infrastructure

Political and business leaders call on government to avoid ‘station on the cheap’ and make final commitment to HS2

Political and business leaders from across the East Midlands have reacted angrily to proposals suggesting the region’s HS2...

  • Transport and infrastructure

£235m vision for future of East Midland economy unveiled as region comes together to fight back post-Covid

Midlands Engine Chairman Sir John Peace will today (28.10.20) announce the vision for the area and the proposed...

  • Transport and infrastructure
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