NIP 2014 Annex: Infrastructure Delivery
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Infrastructure delivery Overview 1.1 The government has a strong record on infrastructure delivery; during the current Parliament more than 2,500 infrastructure projects and schemes have been completed. This includes: • over 900 energy projects, including 600 electricity generation schemes ranging from 1MW to 2.8GW • over 950 transport improvements, across the road, rail, aviation and ports sectors, as well as local transport • over 520 flood defence schemes • over 140 water projects and programmes • 19 waste schemes • 19 science and research projects 1.2 A comprehensive breakdown of significant schemes is included in individual sector updates below. 1 Roads 1.3 The government has ensured significant delivery in the roads sector, spending more than £12.7 billion on national roads to 2013-14. The Highways Agency has been responsible for delivering: • 14 major road projects • construction starts on 14 more major schemes across the country including the M1/M6 Junction 19, A45/ A46 Tollbar end and M3 Junctions 2 to 4A • additional Smart Motorway lanes on some of our busiest routes including the M6 and M25 with further improvements now underway on the M1, M6 and in Manchester • over 200 smaller schemes delivered around the country, with over 100 to be completed before April 2015 as part of the government’s £317 million Pinch Point Programme, delivering improvements to the Strategic Road Network to help stimulate local growth, relieve congestion and improve safety 1.4 The government has also invested more than £400 million to support the development, supply and use of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles. Alongside private investment, this means there are now over 6,000 publicly-available electric vehicle charge points at locations across the UK. By March 2015, our network of over 500 rapid charge points across the country (including one at every motorway service station), will be the best in Europe. Table 1.A: Roads projects worth more than £5 million delivered since 2010 Project Region Completed A421 Bedford to M1 J13 East of England 2010 A1 Dishforth to Leeming Yorkshire & the Humber 2012 A3 Hindhead South East 2012 A46 Newark to Widmerpool East Midlands 2012 Gravelly Hill Prop – Cap St West Midlands 2012 M1 J10-J13 Renewals C NP East of England 2012 M25 J16-23 (DBFO Section 1) East of England 2012 M25 J27-30 (DBFO Section 4) East of England 2012 M50 Viaduct Phase 1 Eastbound West Midlands 2012 M6 Bromford viaduct pilecap West Midlands 2012 M6 Tebay SB Deck Refurbishment North West 2012 Rayhall Midland Links West Midlands 2012 M1 Junction 19/M6 (viaduct) East Midlands 2012 M5 Manor Farm VRS 17/9 - 21/9 West Midlands 2012 M5 J5-6 Oddingley VRS - Cap West Midlands 2012 A31 Canford Bottom Junction Improvements South East 2012 M4/M5 All lane motorway. I/C Power + Light C South West 2013 Graveley Hill Viaduct West Midlands 2013 M27 Park Gate IC Pier Replace South East 2013 M4 Shefford Woodlands South East 2013 M50 Queenmill Viaduct West Midlands 2013 2 Project Region Completed M50 Viaduct phase 2 westbound West Midlands 2013 M62 Junctions 25 to 30 Yorkshire & the Humber 2013 A14 Huntingdon Railway Viaduct Replacement East of England 2014 A23 Handcross to Warninglid South East 2014 M25 Junctions 23 to 27 East of England 2014 M25 Junctions 5 to 6/7 South East 2014 M3 J4a-5 Bespoke Deck Joints South East 2014 M42 J2-3A - M40 J15 South West Midlands 2014 M4 Junction 19-20 and M5 Junction 15-17 South West 2014 M6 Junctions 5 to 8 West Midlands 2014 Source: HM Treasury Major Infrastructure Tracking Unit 3 Rail 1.5 The government has supported delivery of key infrastructure across the rail network. 1.6 Network Rail Control Period 4, which ended in 2014, saw significant upgrades to passenger and freight services such as part of a £36 billion package of maintenance and enhancements. Work has already begun on the £38 billion maintenance, improvements and operations package as part of Control Period 5 including a commitment to invest £600 million in the Northern Hub. 1.7 Through the £5.7 billion Inter City Express programme, the government has secured new electric trains to run on the Great Western Main Line from 2017 and East Coast Main Line from 2018. The programme will deliver 866 carriages at a new purpose-built Hitachi Rail Europe facility at Newton Aycliffe in the North East, currently in construction, which will support 730 local jobs. 1.8 After more than 20 years in development, delivery of Crossrail is progressing well, and extensions to Reading and Twyford have been confirmed. Over 350 apprentices are working on the project, the vast majority of tunnelling is now complete and construction work on flagship new stations in Central London and the Docklands has [passed the halfway mark]. The contract to operate Crossrail was awarded to MTR Corporate (Crossrail) in July. 1.9 The government has also made real progress on driving forward High Speed Rail: • with the High Speed Rail Preparation Act now passed, the HS2 Hybrid bill is currently proceeding through Parliament • the HS2 Taskforce was set up to support cities in maximising the benefits, and the government has confirmed that that the new headquarters for HS2 will be in Birmingham, creating 1,500 jobs in the area; a new National College for High Speed Rail will also be located in Birmingham and Doncaster to provide specialist vocational training to the next generation of engineers working on HS2 1.10 The government has consistently focused on ensuring that the railways provide value for money for taxpayers and consumers, this includes: • responding to concerns about the cost of rail fares and the impact they have on family budgets; that is why in both 2014 and for 2015 rail fare increases on regulated tickets have been capped at RPI inflation; in 2015, Train Operators will no longer be able to increase some fares above the RPI cap • trialling a number of schemes to reduce the impact of fares including flexible season tickets, single leg pricing for off peak return fares (starting in 2015) and a code of practice on ticketing information Table 1.B: Summary of significant rail projects delivered as part of CP4 Project Region Completed North London capacity improvements London 2011 Edinburgh to Glasgow improvement Scotland 2011 (Haymarket North) Cotswold Line redoubling South West 2011 Paddington Station roof restoration London 2011 Northern Urban Centres: Platform North West /Yorkshire & 2012 lengthening and capacity improvements the Humber 4 Project Region Completed Kings Cross Station redevelopment London 2012 programme London Blackfriars (part of Thameslink) London 2012 Strategic Freight Network (including England 2014 Felixstowe to Nuneaton, Ipswich Chord and gauge works across England) Southern Train Lengthening: 12 projects South East 2014 completed Southern Capacity Package (Including South East 2014 Gatwick Airport remodelling) East Coast Main Line Improvements Various 2014 (including North Doncaster Chord) Swindon to Kemble redoubling South West 2014 Peterborough Station East of England 2014 Reading Station Building Works South East 2014 Nottingham Station Works East Midlands 2014 Source: HM Treasury Major Infrastructure Tracking Unit 5 Local transport 1.11 The government has provided significant support to the development of local transport infrastructure since 2010. This includes: • 41 Local Authority Major Transport projects have been completed. • 28 more are now in construction including projects at extensions to the Nottingham Tram system Extension and the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road • the Mersey Gateway Bridge started construction earlier this year; once complete bridge will provide a 3- lane dual carriageway connection from Widnes to the M56 Junction 12 in Runcorn; in April 2014 a UK guarantee was issued for £257 million for this scheme • tackling some of the worst bottlenecks on the local road network through the creation of the Local Pinch Point Fund, which has invested 266 million in 110 projects, enabling improvements worth more than £500 million to go ahead. The fund supports economic growth by tackling barriers on the local highway network that may be restricting the movement of goods and people; estimates suggest that such schemes have the potential to support more than 200,000 jobs and around 150,000 new homes1 • setting up the Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme, to help local authorities plan and manage the road networks • a total of £600 million has been made available through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund; funding was awarded in 96 packages to 77 local authorities to deliver sustainable transport schemes between 2011 and 2015. Projects include a variety of measures designed to enhance growth, including smart ticketing, encouraging infrastructure for electric vehicles, bus, rail and ferry improvement measures, the promotion of car clubs, and infrastructure improvements for cycling and walking; along with local contributions over £1 billion is now being invested in local sustainable travel • making bus services more punctual, inter-connected, green and accessible through improving the system of local bus subsidy and regulation in England, encouraging people to use buses in urban areas through the Better Bus Areas fund and helping local authorities invest in low carbon buses through the Green Bus fund • supporting cycling improvements such as encouraging both business and leisure cyclists, with better urban cycling facilities and in areas covered by National Parks; improving cycling and walking infrastructure in communities; and, tackling dangerous junctions in London and across England – with local contributions, this represents nearly £150 million of funding for cycling to 2015 1.12 Transport for London also receives substantial funding from the government, totalling £12 billion over the current Mayor of London’s 4 year term. This has been invested in a number of significant improvements with highlights included in the table below. 1.13 The Secretary of State for Transport has now given the go-ahead for plans to extend the Northern line to Battersea.