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Institute calls for post-HSE freight spending

[ November 7, 2023   //   Chris Lewis ]

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport has published a ten-point plan following the cancellation of the Birmingham-Manchester leg of the HS2 high-speed rail project a month ago. Along with calling for an independent inquiry into what went wrong with the scheme, it recommends that the remaining single-track sections on the Felixstowe to Midlands and North route, serving Britain’s biggest container port, should be doubled and the route electrified throughout. CILT adds that a focus on freight and logistics was noticeably absent from the HS2 announcement and recommends that much greater emphasis is placed on this economically vital sector.

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