Tag Archives: Northern Powerhouse

The UK’s infrastructure industry might be forgiven for being downhearted as we come into the New Year. Confidence in major project and programme delivery is at, what feels like, an all time low. The cancellation of Phase 2 of High Speed 2 (HS2) is a recent – and very public…

Historically the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has been the UK’s biggest infrastructure project that nobody had ever heard of, according to Network Rail TRU managing director Neil Holm.

“That’s changed a lot in the last year,” he adds pointing to the project’s inclusion in the government’s Integrated Rail Plan, published in…

HS2 Ltd has set out plans to improve capacity at junction 6 on the M56 to support future growth at the new proposed train station at Manchester Airport.

The proposals, developed in conjunction with National Highways, suggest relocating junction 6 of the motorway to the southwest and sequencing the works within…

The mass transit scheme is being developed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority as part of plans to overhaul the transport network in the region. Jacobs’ work as development partner, on behalf of the McBains consortium, will focus on ensuring feasible options are developed on all corridors to unlock the…

Transport for the North (TfN) chief executive Barry White will step down from the role next year.

White will leave the North’s sub-national transport body in May 2021 to take a career break. It is anticipated that this will follow submission of the next business case for Northern Powerhouse Rail, scheduled…

Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) will have “spades in the ground” in 2024/25, according to Transport for the North (TfN) NPR director Tim Wood.

Wood told a Westminster Social Policy Forum yesterday that the programme “continues to progress at pace” despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. “One thing I remain steadfast on…

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has published an interim report outlining the proposed methodology for its review of the government’s integrated rail plan for the North of England and the Midlands.

The rail plan, announced by the government in February, will set out the sequencing and integration of High Speed 2,…

More than 40 business leaders, railway professionals and construction heavyweights have warned prime minister Boris Johnson that cancelling High Speed 2 (HS2) will put future infrastructure plans in jeopardy.

Consultants including Aecom, Arcadis and Mott MacDonald are among 43 companies to have signed a letter to Johnson after it was reported that…

The government has launched a review of regional airport connectivity across the UK, as it seeks to drive economic growth and make all regions more accessible from other parts of the country.

The Regional Air Connectivity Review, which is led by the Department for Transport, will assess the need to further…

Leeds Bradford Airport has announced it will put forward plans for a new terminal building in the spring of 2020, in a bid to reach net zero targets by 2023.

The new terminal plan, which has received an "excellent" rating from the Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), is a…