Northern Powerhouse Rail plans delayed again

The high -speed railway expansion plans in the north of England have been further postponed and now the Prime Minister will not be announced by the Labor Party conference next week.

BBC understands the concerns about the long -term costs of the line between Liverpool and Manchester.

In recent months, an announcement has been expected more than one time, but those who came from inside, problems and costly delays HS2 to avoid mistakes made with HS2, said the project has continued.

Downloading Street and Treasury has been approached for interpretation.

The idea of ​​North Powerhouse Ray was first put forward in 2014 by former conservative Chancellor George Osborne.

A new railway line between Liverpool and Manchester is seen as a central part of the General Northern Powerhouse railway project aimed at cutting travel times between northern cities and towns and increasing the UK economy outside London.

The chapters of the program have been reduced and changed by various governments, but Chancellor Rachel Reeves said in June that “North Powerhouse Rail in the coming weeks in the coming weeks” will plan to take our ambitions forward “.

During the June expenditure examination, a plan was expected to publish a pipeline of the government’s infrastructure strategy and later key infrastructure projects, but no announcement has been made to date.

North mayors, “North Corridor” renewal plan, as well as the plans of the new railway line before or before the Labor Party conference was secured by indicators.

Some internal came to the BBC, Sir Keir Starmer’s speech before the intervention in the last two weeks before the Liverpool conference was planned as a central announcement, he said.

Lucy Powell and Angela Rayner, the largest champion of the project’s cabinet, are no longer the minister.

It is understood that the Ministry of Transport has proposed a special plan for the treasury to release the preparation and development funds of £ 1.5 billion to allow building work to start around 2030.

However, it is understood that the project has been taken to process a “expanded rubber kick” to ensure that the project is completely comprehensive before it stands out – a HS2 error that the government wants to avoid.

The HS2 was fed with setbacks, led to the abducted deadline dates and balloon costs, and now they will only run from London to Birmingham and plans to go to the previous northern scrapping.

In June, the government’s opening of HS2 Delay beyond the target date of 2033, However, he did not say when the high -speed line would start working.

A special issue is whether the Treasury believes that it represents the money value of connecting Manchester Airport to the center of Manchester, a part of the North Powerhouse Ray, which overlaps with a portion of the canceled HS2 Phase 2.

It was an important part of the benefits of the project that provided easy access to the airport in the north of England.

The Mayor of Manchester, Mayor of Manchester, previously called on the government to push Liverpool to Manchester Railway line and proposed a route in jointly with Steve Rotherham, including Manchester Airport.

In response to the postponement of the plans, a source close to Burnham told the BBC: “There will be no more rubber kicks and tires.”

Manchester airport Chris Woodroofe’s boss in August said. Weak transportation connections in Northern England leaving its economic potential behind. Authorized, Northern Powerhouse Rail’s northern businesses will be vital to increase investment and exports, he said.

When the HS2 phase 2 was canceled by former Prime Minister Rishi altar two years ago, the budget of North Powerhouse Rail was accumulated for £ 12 billion.

However, Andrew Gilligan, the architect of the cancellation of HS2 Phase 2, recently wrote a report for the central -right thought tank policy exchange and asked North Powerhouse Rail to be scrapped.

The report was supported by the Reform that warned Richard Tice companies. To bid for contracts “not to bother”.