Regional £6bn transport funding must be part of national infrastructure
The £6bn government fund, announced today, to support local infrastructure improvements, must be spent in a co-ordinated way, ensuring that they form part of our overall transport infrastructure.
Paul Davies from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) said: “Those projects being announced will help to greatly solve local transport issues but it is imperative that they connect with our national infrastructure to ensure maximum benefit.
“It is imperative that this funding achieves maximum benefit by utilising new technologies which can deliver benefits in terms of better operation, increased accessibility and reduced costs.”
The £6bn is the first instalment of £12bn the coalition is investing in a series of local "Growth Deals".
Notes to editors:
§ Interview opportunities are available with IET spokespeople from a broad range of engineering and technology disciplines including cyber-security, energy, engineering skills, innovation, manufacturing, technology, transport and women in engineering.
§ The IET is one of the world’s largest engineering institutions with nearly 160,000 members in 27 countries. It is also the most multi-disciplinary – to reflect the increasingly diverse nature of engineering in the 21st century. Energy, transport, manufacturing, information and communications, and the built environment: the IET covers them all.
§ The IET is working to engineer a better world by inspiring, informing and influencing our members, engineers and technicians, and all those who are touched by, or touch, the work of engineers.
§ We want to build the profile of engineering and change outdated perceptions about engineering in order to tackle the skills gap. This includes encouraging more women to become engineers and growing the number of engineering apprentices.
§ For more information, visit www.theiet.org
Robert Beahan
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