Improvements and new developments Flashcards
Road improvements
The 2014 Road Investment strategy includes:
.100 new road schemes by 2020
.1300 new lane miles added to motorways and trunk roads
.extra lanes added to turn main motorways into smart motorways
new road schemes will create thousands of construction jobs and boost local and regional economies
South-West ‘Super Highway’
A £2 Billion road-widening project will take place on the A303
Converting the route to dual carriageway will create a ‘super-highway’ to Plymouth and beyond
Railway improvements
.Improving trans-Pennine rail links reducing journey times by up to 15 minutes
.HS2 - a planned high-speed rail line to connect London with Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester. it is controversial as the route passes through countryside and close to many homes
London’s Crossrail
.Crossrail is a new railway across London that links Reading and Heathrow (to the West), to Sheffield and Abbey Wood (to the East) .
.Crossrail (and Crossrail 2) will reduce journey times across London
.It will bring additional 1.5 million people within 45 minutes commuting distance of London’s key business districts
Developing the UK’s ports
Ports employ 120,000 people each year and 32 million travel through them annually
.Bristol (Avonmouth) - 195 million invested for bulk handling and storage facilities
.A new rail terminal at Felixstowe and upgraded cruise service facilities at Harwich
Liverpool2
A new container terminal is being constructed at the Port of Liverpool known as ‘Liverpool2’
The project will more than double the port’s capacity to over 1.5 million containers a year. Phase 1 opened in 2016. When complete the new terminal will:
. Create thousands of jobs in the North-West
. Boost regional economy
. Reduce amount of freight traffic on roads
Airport developments
.Airports create global links
.They provide thousands of jobs
.They also boost economic growth both regionally and nationally
