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The Civil Engineering Contractors Association<\/a> and Cebr<\/a> has published a new research report that highlights the social impact of investment in infrastructure<\/h2>\n

Companies that build and maintain the UK\u2019s infrastructure predict a revival of former industrial towns and cities as hubs to manufacture and assemble components for transport and infrastructure projects, according to the report.<\/p>\n

The report \u2013\u00a0The social benefits of infrastructure investment<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 highlights the positive impact that investment in infrastructure has on the lives of people in the UK, supporting the creation of new homes, improving health and rebalancing the economy away from London.<\/p>\n

One of its key recommendations relates to the opportunities to revive former industrial areas as hubs for manufacturing and logistics to support major infrastructure projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Such areas tend to already have good transport links, and an experienced engineering workforce. By looking to site new factories and logistics centres in these locations, there is an opportunity to reinvigorate them, creating new jobs and growth.<\/p>\n

The report contributes to a better understanding of the different ways in which various forms of infrastructure investment affect people\u2019s lives and includes a series of recommendations for Government to consider as it deliberates its long term spending plans.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the report, CECA Chief Executive Alasdair Reisner said: \u201cUnderstanding how infrastructure affects people in different ways is vital to good investment decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have, in this report gone beyond the usual approach of estimating the economic impacts infrastructure can bring, but instead have considered how its benefits affect people\u2019s lives in different ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe benefits of long-term infrastructure investment are clear. Not only is there a strong economic outcome \u2013 previous CECA\/CEBR research has found that every \u00a31bn of infrastructure construction increases overall economic activity by \u00a32.842bn \u2013 but the research published today demonstrates that there is also significant social benefit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell planned infrastructure investment can not only transform how we all live and work, but it has a notable benefit for those areas which have been left behind over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wider benefits infrastructure investment can bring are only starting to be recognised by governments and local authorities. We welcome this wider approach, and hope that this work continues to make the case to ensure the delivery of world class infrastructure is for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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