A Conservative Government will continue to invest in the transport infrastructure needed for businesses to grow.
We will spend £36 billion of HS2 savings on transport projects that will benefit more people, in more places, more quickly. Savings from our new plan for Euston, 8 which will see 10,000 new homes built, have freed up £6.5 billion for transport across the rest of the country. Labour has no plan. They neither support the second phase of HS2 nor our alternative package of investment, meaning they won’t back schemes their own local leaders say will transform their areas. We will:
❱ Invest a record £8.3 billion of investment to fill potholes and resurface roads. We will bring forward funding into this financial year and the next.
❱ Deliver upgrades to railways in the South West, including completing the line through Dawlish.
❱ Reopen Beeching lines and stations to reconnect communities around the country, building on the success of the Dartmoor Line in the South West. We are committed to all the schemes set out in the Network North Command Paper. Five miles of track will be reinstated, with a new station at Tavistock to connect it with Plymouth.
❱ Back our city regions with an additional £8.55 billion to spend on their local priorities. We will scrap rules that stop Mayors investing in strategic roads.
❱ Improve accessibility at 100 train stations, starting with the 50 stations announced in May.
