Midlands Connect

 

The 18 key projects Midlands Connect has identified for investment in the next 10-15 years

• Birmingham-Derby-Nottingham rail journey time improvement
• M1 junction 28 improvements
• A50/A500 Corridor Central Section (around Uttoxeter)
• Nottingham-Lincoln rail journey time improvements
• A1/A52 junction upgrade at Grantham
• Coventry-Leicester-Nottingham new direct rail services and journey time improvements
• A46 improvements at Syston
• M1 improvements including Leicester Western Access and North Leicestershire extra capacity
• A5/A426 Gibbet Hill Junction
• A46 improvements between Stratford and Warwick
• A46 improvements in Evesham area
• Kings Norton area rail capacity improvements
• Reinstatement of Snow Hill Station platform number 4 in Birmingham
• Birmingham Motorway Box – safety and reliability improvements
• A5 improvements between Hinckley and Tamworth
• Birmingham-Black Country-Shrewsbury rail journey time improvement
• M6 J15 improvements
• Birmingham – Leicester rail journey time improvements

SELF: Two of these would never have been necessary if you had confined yourselves to improving and modernising our bus and train infrastructure since 1981, instead of hare-ing off into trams on train lines and, trams taking over bus routes.