Programme

Roads

Forward timeline

Highways Agency programme in construction (pre-2010 Spending Review)

•  Programme on track:

•  M25 J16-23 completion 2012

•  M25 J27-30 completion 2012

•  A46 Newark to Widmerpool completion 2012

•  M1 J10-13 completion 2013

Highways Agency managed motorways programme - 2010 Spending Review projects

•  Programme on track

Highways Agency trunk road improvements programme - 2010 Spending Review projects

•  Existing schemes on track: A11 Fiveways start of works 2012-13; A556 Knutsford start of works 2013-14 or 2014-15

Highways Agency - Autumn Statement package

•  Funding for: A45/46 Tollbar End, Manchester Airport link road, A453 widening, M1/M6 junction 19, A14 Kettering bypass widening

•  Two new managed motorway schemes: M3 (Surrey), M6 (Birmingham - Manchester)

•  Two schemes being accelerated: M1 J39 - J42, M25 J23 - J27

Alternative approaches to resolving issues along the A14 corridor

•  Immediate investment to reduce congestion

New Lower Thames crossing

•  Commitment to building a new crossing - three options identified

Mersey Gateway Bridge

•  The Government has approved the next stage of development of the Mersey Gateway Bridge which is now in procurement

•  Completion of the procurement end 2013

•  Scheme opening est. 2017

Local transport projects - funded at or before Spending Review

•  Schemes include: Birmingham New Street, Heysham to M6 link road; Manchester Metro Link Phase 3A; Nottingham Express Transit; Midland Metro

Local Authority major transport schemes - development pool projects

•  Extra funding to enable all schemes to proceed, subject to assurance

•  20 schemes announced in November 2011

•  Further schemes to be announced in December 2011

Public transport

Crossrail

•  Spring 2012: Tunnelling commences

•  Spring 2014: Rolling Stock and Tunnel Depot contract let

•  Early 2016: Tunnelling completes

•  2016: Portal works complete

•  Early 2018: Station Fit Outs complete

•  End 2018: Crossrail services commence

Thameslink

•  Early 2012: Contract Award for Rolling Stock

•  January 2018: Up to 20 Trains per hour through the core

•  December 2018: 24 Trains per hour through the core

Rail infrastructure and rolling stock enhancement

•  Support Network Rail to improve the network and to reduce disruption

East Coast Main Line

•  End 2011: York Holgate upgrade to the East Coast Main Line will be in service

•  2014: all work complete

Great Western Electrification

•  2016: Electric services to Bristol, Oxford and Newbury commence

•  2017: Electric services to Cardiff commence

Kings Cross Station improvements

•  2012: Western concourse will be completed

•  End 2013: Full completion

Reading upgrade programme

•  Easter 2013: Major resignalling work and construction of new platforms

•  2015: Project completion (advanced one year)

Northern rail connectivity (Liverpool-Newcastle including Northern Hub)

Electrify between Liverpool and Manchester via Chat Moss, Liverpool and Wigan, and Manchester and Preston via Bolton and Chorley

•  2013: First section in use

•  2016: Completion

Ordsall Chord linking Manchester's Piccadilly and Victoria stations

•  2014: Development Consent (Assumed)

•  2016: Completion Manchester Victoria station improvements

•  2011: Completion

•  Transpennine Express route electrification has been announced. Before July 2012, the Government will consider further investment in the Northern Hub

High Speed Two

•  December 2011: Government announces its response to the public consultation and decision on whether to proceed.

•  Late 2013: Submit hybrid Bill to Parliament (for London-West Midlands line)

•  Spring 2015: Royal assent (assumed)

•  2017: Construction starts

•  2026: Line opens

Intercity Express Programme

•  First units to be built will be tested on the network from 2015

•  Introduced into revenue-earning service on the Great Western Main Line from 2016 and on the East Coast Main Line from 2018

London Underground capital investment programme

•  31 March 2012: Transport for London milestone for completing the upgrade in capacity ahead of the Olympics.

Northern Line Extension to Battersea

•  Support for development announced subject to commitment from a developer

Airports

Gatwick capital investment programme

•  Gatwick Airport is investing around £1bn from 2008-14 in new facilities, equipment and systems

•  Overall, the airport has forecast that it will create some 14,000 jobs by 2021. This includes those generated by Gatwick's capital investment programme up to 2014

Heathrow capital investment programme

•  BAA is investing over £5bn in Heathrow between 2008 and 2014, which includes £1bn for the construction of a new Terminal 2 to accommodate an estimated 20 million passengers every year

•  Terminal 2 development programme will create 35,000 direct jobs over the life of the project

Ports

Ports - container terminal projects

•  2013: London Gateway terminal and logistics centre phase 1 open

Ports - renewable energy projects 

•  2012: GBI grants awarded

Local infrastructure funding programmes

Growing Places Fund

•  The Government has published a prospectus setting out how the Growing Places Fund will operate and inviting proposals from local partnerships

Regional Growth Fund

•  31 March 2012 completion of RGF Round 1 contracting and due-diligence for infrastructure projects

•  30 September 2012 completion of RGF Round 2 contracting and due-diligence for infrastructure projects.

•  Delivery by 2013-14