Northern Powerhouse Rail Delayed again

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Title says it all really

Northern Powerhouse Rail plans delayed again

The BBC understands the prime minister will now not announce plans for a rail link between Manchester and Liverpool at the Labour Party conference.

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Northern Powerhouse Rail plans delayed again

By
Faisal Islam
Economics editor


Plans to extend high-speed rail across the north of England have been delayed further and will not now be announced by the prime minister at the Labour Party conference next week.
The BBC understands concerns over the long-term costs of the line earmarked between Liverpool and Manchester have pushed back the revival of Northern Powerhouse Rail.
An announcement had been expected on multiple occasions in recent months, but insiders said an extended review process of the project was under way in a bid to avoid mistakes made with HS2, which has been dogged by problems and costly delays.

 

[yorkie]

Thanks, but this is already under discussion at:

Guardian reporting potential NPR "formal revival"

It could only escape the problems of HS2 if the entire scheme was scrapped and started from a clean sheet of paper though. Otherwise the same failures of management and design will be present as were present in Phase 1. Just standing up an alternative delivery apparatus would take many years...

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