North/South Divide

Question 1

South West ‘Super Highway’

………. = main route to South West

Traffic flow = slow (alternating stretches of dual + single carriageway)
Peak times = heavily congested

£…. billion …………………….project - biggest over next …. years

• Hundreds of construction jobs
• Converting route to …………………..
• • improvements to ……………………
• ‘Super Highway’ to …………… and beyond

Answer 1

A33

£2 billion

• Converting route to dual carriageway
• Improvements to connecting routes
• ‘Super Highway’ to Exeter and beyond

Question 2

New Road Improvements:

• ……………………………… in North (dualling A66 between A1)
• ……………………………… e.g construction of additional lanes to reduce congestion + use of SMART MOTORWAY technology
• ‘……………………………………’ (2020-25) - £……. billion
• ‘……………………………………’ (2015-2020) - £….. billion

aims to create thousands of jobs - 2
aims to increase capacity and improving road conditions - 1

Future Road Schemes:

• …………….+…………… of bridges + safety barriers and resurfacing of roads
  -Improving connectivity - ……+ projects (2020 - 24) —> M42 link to Birmingham airport and A39 to Cornwall
• Increasing motorway capacity between Midlands and South East + better A4 link between port of Felixstowe and Midlands/North

Answer 2

• Increased connectivity in North
• Improving road design
• Road Investment Strategy 2 - £27 billion +
• Road Investment Strategy 1 - £15 billion +
• Maintenance + repair of bridges
• 50 + projects

Question 3

Railway Improvements

HS2 = £…….billion - high speed rail to connect …………… with ……………… then to ………………….

Electrification of …………………… route between ……………….,……….. and ……….. - reduce travel time by up to ……. minutes

…………………. in Leeds and Exeter + improvements to port of Southampton and Midlands

London’s Crossrail

Across capital links - …………….and…………….. to ……………….and…………….
-£……billion

…….. passengers/year with ………… passengers per train

Improve journey times across London + easing congestion and offering better connections to underground + rest of UK/Europe - ……..million within ………minutes commuting distance of London’s key business districts

Question 4

Railway improvements

Leeds to get £……..million to plan tram or other transit system

Midlands main line between London st Pancreas, the East Midlands and Sheffield = fully electrified

Answer 4

200

Question 5

Airports:

• Aviation centre = annual turnover of £…….billion +

Uk’s airports handle about …….million tonnes of freight/year

Contributes £…. billion to UK’s GDP + 1 million jobs

Heathrow airport = new runway - £…….billion + open in 2029
- boost regional economy by £….. billion and create ………….local jobs

BUT

………………….
During construction - ……………………,………………….and M25 ……………………
……………………………….(Entire village of Longford)

UK’s busiest airport - handles …….million passengers /year - 4 terminals + 2 runways

Answer 5

60 billion

2.5 million tonnes of freight

18.6 billion

61 billion + 77000 jobs

BUT

Noise pollution
Rivers diverted + roads moved - M25 re-routed through a tunnel

80 million passengers/year