Trans-Pennine Roads Study

REACTING to the announcement that Highways England is to lead a £300,000 study into major improvements to road links between the M65 in east Lancashire and parts of Yorkshire, Malcolm Bingham at FTA commented: ‘We have long called for improvements to road links between Lancashire and Yorkshire. FTA is pleased the government is launching this study, which forms part of wider £13 billion project to improve transport; a desperately needed investment that will greatly boost the economic prospects of northern England.’

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