Responding to the release of Juergen Maier’s Rail and Urban Transport Review, Muniya Barua, Deputy Chief Executive at BusinessLDN, said: “This ambitious review has rightly put the need for a long-term infrastructure strategy front and centre. It’s good to hear the Transport Minister promising to end the policy chopping and changing which has blighted investment in recent years.
“With the public finances stretched, the Government should take forward Maier’s recommendations on greater public-private collaboration to drive project delivery.
“Making good on existing HS2 tunnelling contracts to Euston and agreeing a long-term capital funding settlement for Transport for London would also provide a major boost for UK-wide supply chains and unlock further growth.”