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Christ Stokes Column - Perhaps now is the time for North Wales and Chester to join the HS2 network?

Publication of the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and the Midlands, originally scheduled for early this year, now finally seems to be imminent. A month or so ago, it was anticipated that it would be announced at the same time as the Comprehensive Spending Review on 27th October, then the expected date briefly moved forward, but has now slipped back to mid-November, amidst rumours that Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were arguing about the scope, with the Prime Minster wanting greater ambition, hence higher spending. Surely, all will at long last be revealed in the next few weeks?

Manchester plans for carbon neutral transport network

Plans include creating an all-electric bus fleet and expanding tram services in Greater Manchester.

More than 80 miles of smart motorways will open in defiance of transport secretary's guidelines

Highways bosses are reportedly ignoring guidance issued by transport secretary Grant Shapps which states refuges on smart motorways should be no more than one mile apart.

Reports Leeds tram network could finally happen if HS2 link scrapped

Leeds is the largest city in Western Europe without a built-in mass transit system and plans in the early 2000s were dreamed up for a ‘supertram’ which never came to be