UK developments in transport infrastructure

Question 1

Road infrastructure

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Answer 1

A303 super highway:
* £2B
* road widening - all roads dual carriageway
* tunnel under Stonehenge

Question 2

positives of A303 super highway

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Answer 2

• hundreds of jobs in construction
• congestion eased
• commuting easier
• movement of goods and services faster

Question 3

negatives of A303 super highway

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Answer 3

• disruption to some commuters while scheme in progress - difficult as scheme is scheduled over 15yrs
• construction workers jobs after?

Question 4

rail improvements

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Answer 4

London’s Crossrail:
* links Reading and Heathrow (in the W) to Shenfield and Abbey Wood (in the E)
* £19B
* Mainline trains operating on the lines will carry 1.5k passengers per train

Question 5

positives of London’s Crossrail

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Answer 5

• improve journey times across London, easing congestion and offering better connections in the Underground and to the rest of the UK and Europe
• It will bing an additional 1.5M ppl within 45 minutes’ commuting distance of London’s key business districts
• ~200M passengers are expected to use Crossrail/yr

Question 6

negatives of London’s Crossrail

Answer 6

• Crossrail was meant to open at the end of Dec 2018 - actually opened at end of May 2022
• Meant to cost 14.8B - actually costed £18.8B

Question 7

port capacity improvements

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Answer 7

Liverpool 2:
* £400M
* construction of deep-water quay on River Mersey - more than doubled port’s capacity - +1.5M containers/yr

Question 8

positives of Liverpool 2

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Answer 8

• +5k jobs
• increasing (international) trade
• estimated £2B revenue/yr
• reducing freight traffic on roads

Question 9

negatives of Liverpool 2

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costs £400M

Question 10

airport capacity improvements

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Answer 10

Heathrow airport:
* £19B
* new runway, increasing runway length

Question 11

positives of Heathrow airport expansion

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Answer 11

• benefitting passengers
• Department of Transport - £61B boost to economy
• creates up to 77k local jobs

Question 12

negatives of Heathrow airport expansion

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Answer 12

• rivers diverted
• roads moved (M25 re-routed through a tunnel)
• hundreds of homes demolished (entire village of Longford demolished)