Developments of infrastructure

Question 1

How are roads being developed - $15 billion Road improvement strategy

Answer 1

• Smart motorways
• New major road developments - tunnel under stonehenge and a new lower thames crossing
• 1,600 kilometres of lanes will be added to busy motorways and major roads eg M3 and M5

Question 2

Railway improvements

Answer 2

• London crossrail - £16.8 billion 32 km of rail
• HS2

Question 3

HS2

Answer 3

• £98 billion project
• high speed rail
• Links London, Birmingham, Manchester Leeds and Sheffield

Question 4

Positives of HS2

Answer 4

• Creates jobs
• Will generate estimated £40 billion
• Increase number of rail passengers - more sustainable transport
• Reduce people flying between cities
• Faster travel between cities
• Carbon-neutral - fewer cars on road
• Will plant 7 million new bushes and trees

Question 5

Negatives of HS2

Answer 5

• Will only create more jobs in london
• Difficult to predict how much money it will generate
• Existing routes could be improved
• Number of people flying is already decreasing
• People dont want to travel faster - want to work on train
• Increase CO2 emmisions as these trains use more power
• Will cause major environmental issues - clearing many native forests - 24 ha of forest
• Bad views
• Price continues going up

Question 6

Importance of ports

Answer 6

• Port industry is largest in europe
• Employs 120,000
• Handles over 40 million passengers a year

Question 7

Developments of airports

Answer 7

• Account for 3.6% of GDP per year
• Thousands of jobs
• 750,000 flights depart each year
• 2 million passengers a year
• Heathrow expansion

Question 8

Heathrow expansion

Answer 8

• 2016 plans to build a third runway
• Demolsion of properties
• Will provide thousands of jobs
• £18.6 billion cost
• Environmental costs