Plans to electrify the whole Trans-Pennine route have been in doubt.<\/p>\n
However, the new funding will be used to ensure HS2 rail network will link to faster trains between Liverpool and Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds and York \u2013 the Northern Powerhouse rail.<\/p>\n
Hammond will also assign \u00a3100m from existing budgets for 33 road schemes.<\/p>\n
The Northern Powerhouse rail network is being drawn up by local authorities and business leaders to create connections between Rebuilding the UK\u2019s infrastructure at Civils Expo 2017
\nand cities not directly on its route. It is expected to rely on \u2018bi-mode\u2019 trains that can run on diesel and electric power.<\/p>\n
Hammond said: “This investment will go towards ensuring HS2 infrastructure can link up with future Northern Powerhouse and Midlands rail projects \u2013 helping the towns and cities of the North reach their full potential.”<\/p>\n
The new road projects include ten in north-east England, 13 in north-west England and ten in Yorkshire and Humber.<\/p>\n
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has welcomed Hammond\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n
Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE, chief executive of ACE said: \u201cThis is a very welcome announcement by the Chancellor that shows the government recognises the importance of infrastructure investment and is listening to the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cACE has been lobbying the Treasury for a commitment to northern rail in the budget and we have been successful in our endeavour. The rebalancing of the UK economy is vital for the long term prosperity of the UK and ACE will continue to make the case that we can only continue to be a world leading economy if we invest and maintain a world class infrastructure network.\u201d<\/p>\n
By 2020\u00a0the UK will have spent more than \u00a313bn on improving and modernising transport links across the Northern Powerhouse, representing record investment in Northern transport.<\/p>\n
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced further investment in the UK rail network and an extra \u00a3300m to improve rail links in northern England<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-transport"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n