This article needs to be updated.(March 2018) |
A list of proposed, planned and under construction transport developments in the East of England region in a sortable table. Following the 2010 general election the new government's Comprehensive Spending Review, many unstarted projects have been reassessed for feasibility, with an eye to save money due to the late 2000s recession. [1] Some schemes have since been given a go ahead, or cut from plans, however many are still waiting till January 2011 to know what decisions have been reached on them.
Scheme | Mode | County | Status | Primary sponsor | Estimated construction start date | Estimated completion date | Estimated cost (£m) | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
London Stansted Airport expansion | Air | Essex | cancelled | BAA Limited | 2017 | £2,500 | [2] | |
Thames estuary airport | Air | Essex | aspiration | Greater London Authority | £7,600 - 13,900 | [3] | ||
Luton to Dunstable Busway | Bus | Central Bedfordshire | approved | Luton Borough Council | Early 2010 | 2012 | £84 | |
Luton Town Centre Transport Scheme [4] | Multi-modal | Luton | Pre-qualification pool | Luton Borough Council | Early 2010 [5] | Late 2012 | £26.8 | |
Cambridge Gateway [6] | Multi-modal | Cambridgeshire | approved [7] | Cambridgeshire County Council | Dec 2010 | 2012 | £3.14 [8] | plus cost of Hills Road Bridge Cycle Lane [9] |
Cambridgeshire Guided Busway | Bus | Cambridgeshire | completed | Cambridgeshire County Council | March 2007 | mid-2010 | £116.2 | |
Project Cambridge [10] | Multi-modal | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | £25 | |||
A13 Passenger Transport Corridor [11] | Multi-modal | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | Early 2010 | Spring 2012 | £7 | [12] |
Chelmer Valley Park and Ride [13] | Bus | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | March 2010 | By March 2011 | £7.9 | |
South Essex Rapid Transit [14] | Bus | Essex | Pre-qualification pool | Essex County Council | 2011 | Late 2012 | £53 | |
King's Lynn to South Lynn bus and cycle route [15] | Multi-modal | Norfolk | cancelled | Norfolk County Council | June 2010 | Sept 2010 | £0.85 | |
Cambridge Cycling Town routes [16] | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | £3.6 | [17] | ||
Leagrave, new bridge under the main line railway [18] | Cycle | Luton | reserve proposal | Sustrans | ||||
Sawston to Abington cycleway [19] | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | Jan 2010 | £0.35 - 0.4 | ||
St Neots (Southern) Foot and Cycle Bridge [20] | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Sustrans | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | £3.5 | |
Wicken Fen Vision Spine Route (The Lodes Way) [21] | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | under construction | Sustrans National Trust | March 2010 | 2013 | £2 | [22] [23] [24] |
Yaxley to Farcet Cycleway [25] | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambgridgeshire County Council | ||||
Brightlingsea to Alresford [26] | Cycle | Essex | reserve proposal | Sustrans | ||||
West Horndon to Brentwood, the A127 barrier [27] | Cycle | Essex | reserve proposal | Sustrans | ||||
Cheshunt, crossing the A10 to reach the Lee Valley [28] | Cycle | Hertfordshire | cancelled | Sustrans | £1.7 | |||
Royston railway crossing [29] | Cycle | Hertfordshire | cancelled | Sustrans | £3.25 | [30] | ||
Norwich, connections to Whitlingham Country Park [31] | Cycle | Norfolk | cancelled | Sustrans | £0.9 | |||
Watton and Griston Link [32] | Cycle | Norfolk | cancelled | Sustrans | £0.25 | |||
East West Rail | Rail | Bedford Cambridgeshire Central Bedfordshire Essex Hertfordshire Norfolk Suffolk | aspiration | East-West Rail Consortium | £530 | [33] [34] Rail link connecting the East of England to Southampton and Bristol via Oxford. Oxford-Bedford in place or funded, Bedford-Cambridge "promised". | ||
Thameslink Programme | Rail | Greater London Hertfordshire Luton | under construction | Network Rail | October 2007 | 2015 | £5,500 | |
Chesterton Interchange | Rail | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | March 2010 | April 2011 | £48.1 | [35] [36] |
Hitchin junction development [37] | Rail | Cambridgeshire | underway | Network Rail | 2011 | 2014 | £62.6 | |
Springfield Railway Station, Chelmsford [38] | Rail | Essex | cancelled | Chelmsford Borough Council [39] | 2015 earliest | £45 + | ||
Route 5 – Power supply enhancements [40] | Rail | Cambridgeshire Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2011 | 2012 | ||
West Anglia outer 12-coach trains [40] | Rail | Cambridgeshire Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2010 | 2011 | involving platform extensions and a new platform at Cambridge | |
Route 6 – Power supply enhancements [40] | Rail | Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2011 | 2012 | ||
12-car capability on the Tilbury Loop and Ockendon Branch [40] | Rail | Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2011 | 2011 | involving platform extensions | |
Crossrail | Rail | Essex | under construction | Transport for London, Department for Transport | 2009 | 2017 | £15,900 | Includes possible works to Brentwood and Shenfield stations |
Route 7 – Power supply enhancements [40] | Rail | Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2011 | 2012 | ||
Croxley Rail Link | Rail | Hertfordshire | Pre-qualification pool | Hertfordshire County Council | 2014-17 | £162 | ||
Felixstowe to Nuneaton freight capacity scheme [40] | Rail | Suffolk | cancelled | Network Rail | mid-2009 [41] | 2014 | £291 | [42] |
A1 Sandy/Beeston Bypass [43] | Road | Central Bedfordshire | aspiration | Highways Agency | 2016 | £67 | ||
A421 Improvements (M1 Junction 13 to Kingston, Milton Keynes) | Road | Central Bedfordshire Milton Keynes | under construction [44] | Bedfordshire | £28 | |||
M1 Junction 10A [45] | Road | Luton | Luton Borough Council | cancelled | ||||
Luton East Circular Road | Road | Luton | Luton Borough Council | aspiration | [46] | |||
A421 Bedford to M1 Junction 13 | Road | Bedford Central Bedfordshire | complete | Highways Agency | October 2008 | late 2010 | £33 | [47] |
A5120 Flitwick–Westoning Bypass [48] | Road | Central Bedfordshire | aspiration | Central Bedfordshire Council | 2013/14 | 2015/16 | £35 | |
Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway [49] | Waterway | Central Bedfordshire | aspiration | British Waterways | 2009 | 2015 | £170 | Underbridge included in [completed] Bedford bypass construction programme. As of March 2018 [update] , no works in progress. |
Dunstable Northern Bypass (A5-M1 Link) | Road | Central Bedfordshire | complete | Highways Agency | 2016/17 | ? | ||
Luton Northern Bypass [50] | Road | Luton | cancelled | Luton Borough Council | before 2016 | £95 | ||
M1 Hard shoulder running (J10-13) | Road | Luton Central Bedfordshire | under construction | Highways Agency | 2009 | 2013 | £326 - 503 | |
A142 Ely Southern Bypass [51] | Road | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | 2009 | 2011 | £15 | |
Northstowe Access Link Roads | Road | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | £30 | [52] | ||
Mill Road Accident Remedial Scheme [53] | Road | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | ||||
(J28) A12 New Junction at Cuckoo Farm, Colchester | Road | Essex | under construction | Colchester Borough Council | Dec 2009 | 2011 | £25 | [54] |
Northern Approaches Road, (Colchester) | Road | Essex | cancelled | Colchester Borough Council | 2012 | LTT 4 Dec 2009, page 17. | ||
A13/A130 Sadlers Farm Junction | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | Early 2010 | Late 2012 | £63 | |
A120 Braintree to Marks Tey | Road | Essex | withdrawn | Highways Agency | £500 | [55] | ||
Chelmer Viaduct | Road | Essex | cancelled | Chelmsford Borough Council | 2011 | £5 | [56] | |
Army and Navy Junction Improvements | Road | Essex | cancelled | Chelmsford Borough Council | 2016 | £25-40 | [56] | |
A120 Hare Green to Harwich | Road | Essex | cancelled | Highways Agency | before 2016 [57] | |||
A127 Basildon Enterprise Corridor [58] | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | May 2009 | March 2011 | £14.7 | |
A414 from M11 Junction 7 to Southern Way, Harlow [59] | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | 2010 | March 2011 | £9.9 | |
Chelmsford North East Bypass | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | 2014–2016 | £229 - 262 | ||
Colchester Central Corridor (A133) [60] | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | ||||
Lower Thames Crossing | Road | Essex | aspiration | Department for Transport | ||||
Roscommon Way Extension [61] | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | May 2010 | Spring 2011 | £12.1 | |
M11 Junctions 6 to 8 Improvements | Road | Essex | withdrawn | Highways Agency | £698 | |||
M11 and A120 Stansted Generation 2 Airport Access | Road | Essex | suspended | Highways Agency | £131 | |||
M25 Jct 23 to 27 Widening | Road | Essex Hertfordshire | approved | Highways Agency | 2012 | 2015/16 | ||
M25 Jct 5 to 6/7 Widening | Road | Essex Hertfordshire | approved | Highways Agency | 2012 | 2015/16 | ||
M25 Junction 30 Improvement | Road | Essex | delayed | Highways Agency | 2014/2015 | |||
A602 Corridor Improvements | Road | Hertfordshire | cancelled | Hertfordshire County Council | £14.3 - 15.8 | |||
Watford Junction Station Area Improvements | Road | Hertfordshire | Pre-qualification pool | Hertfordshire County Council | £17.7 | |||
A11 Fiveways to Thetford Improvement Scheme | Road | Norfolk | approved | Highways Agency | 2010 | 2013 | £113 - 157 | |
A47 Acle Straight | Road | Norfolk | cancelled | Highways Agency | ||||
A47 Blofield to North Burlingham Dualling | Road | Norfolk | cancelled | Highways Agency | 2011–2012 | £37.5 | ||
A47 to A1067 Link Road [62] | Road | Norfolk | aspiration | Norfolk County Council | ||||
A140 Long Stratton Bypass [63] | Road | Norfolk | aspiration | Norfolk County Council | ||||
Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing [64] | Road | Norfolk | cancelled | Norfolk County Council | 2013 | 2015 | £80 - 180 | New bridge or tunnel |
Norwich Northern Distributor Road | Road | Norfolk | Completed | Norfolk County Council | 2016 | 2018 | £90.7 | [65] |
A14 Copdock interchange (J55) | Road | Suffolk | cancelled | Suffolk County Council | ||||
A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton | Road | Suffolk | cancelled | Highways Agency | 2012 | Winter 2015/2016 | £1,300 | |
A12 Improvements at Farnham, Stratford, Glenham and Marlesford [66] | Road | Suffolk | aspiration | Suffolk County Council | 2025 [67] | |||
B1115 Stowmarket Relief Road [68] | Road | Suffolk | under construction | Suffolk County Council | June 2008 | Spring 2010 | £21 | [69] |
Beccles Southern Link Road | Road | Suffolk | aspiration | Suffolk County Council | £3.5 | [66] | ||
Beccles loop | Rail | Suffolk | proposal | Network Rail | £0.5 - 4 | |||
Ipswich Wet Dock Crossing | Road | Suffolk | proposal | Ipswich Borough Council | 2018 | £28 | ||
Ipswich Northern Bypass | Road | Suffolk | proposal | Ipswich Borough Council | 2016 Earliest | £90 | ||
East Bank Link Road | Road | Suffolk | aspiration | Ipswich Borough Council | ||||
Duke Street Junction Improvements | Multi-modal | Suffolk | Suffolk County Council | |||||
North Lowestoft Access Project [66] | Road | Suffolk | aspiration | Suffolk County council | ||||
Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour | Sea | Norfolk | under construction | EastPort UK | June 2007 | £75 | Container port with proposed ferry routes | |
Felixstowe South | Sea | Suffolk | under construction | Port of Felixstowe | May 2008 | 2014 | new container ship terminal | |
Bathside Bay | Sea | Essex | cancelled | Harwich International Port | £300 | new container ship terminal | ||
London Gateway | Sea | Essex | Under construction | DP World | 2008 | 2011 | £1,500 | New container port |
Cambridgeshire TIF bid [70] | Multi-modal | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | £500 | [71] | ||
King's Lynn South Transport Major Scheme [72] | Multi-modal | Norfolk | proposal | Norfolk County Council | mid-2009 | 2011 | £7 | |
Ipswich - Transport Fit for the 21st Century [73] | Multi-modal | Suffolk | Approved [74] | Suffolk County Council | 2012 | 2014 | £25 | |
Harlow First Avenue Multi-modal corridor [75] | Multi-modal | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | April 2009 | February 2010 | £4.4 | |
The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom. This region was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics purposes from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Luton (225,262), and Bedford is the county town.
The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston Bypass, which later became part of the M6.
Kenilworth Road, known affectionately as The Kenny, is an association football stadium in Bury Park, Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It has been the home ground of Luton Town since 1905. The stadium has also hosted women's and youth international matches, including the second leg of the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football final.
Bedfordshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire in England, which includes the unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton. Its headquarters are in the town of Kempston in Bedford Borough.
East of England was a constituency of the European Parliament that was coterminous with the East of England region. It returned 7 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Arriva Herts & Essex is a bus operator providing services in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, with services extending to Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Greater London. Until 2002 its operations included Colchester. It is a subsidiary of Arriva UK Bus.
Houghton Regis is a market town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway is a guided busway that connects Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives in Cambridgeshire, England. It is the longest guided busway in the world, surpassing the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South Australia.
Scouting in East of England is about Scouting in the official region of East of England. It is largely represented by The Scout Association of the United Kingdom and some Groups of traditional Scouting including the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association.
The Norwich Northern Distributor Road, now officially named the Broadland Northway is a 12.4 mi (20.0 km) dual-carriageway linking the A47 to the south east of the city to the proposed Rackheath Eco-town and Norwich International Airport to the north of Norwich before finishing at the A1067 Fakenham Road to the north west of the city. The road is designated the A1270, and in Spring 2018 was named the Broadland Northway.
Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about 50 miles (80 km) north of London. Its main transport links are the M11 road to London, the A14 east–west road and the West Anglia Main Line railway to London.
A combined authority (CA) is a type of local government institution introduced in England outside Greater London by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. CAs are created voluntarily and allow a group of local authorities to pool appropriate responsibility and receive certain devolved functions from central government in order to deliver transport and economic policy more effectively over a wider area. In areas where local government is two-tier, both must participate in the combined authority.
The East of England Local Government Association (EELGA) is an association of the 52 local authorities in the East of England. It is a regional grouping of the Local Government Association and the regional employers organisation. It was established in April 2010 following the abolition of the East of England Regional Assembly.
Fancott Woods and Meadows is a 13.3-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest near the hamlet of Fancott in Bedfordshire. It was notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the local planning authority is Central Bedfordshire Council. The site is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
The Luton-Dunstable Busway is a guided busway system in Bedfordshire, England, which connects the towns of Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Luton with Luton Airport. It was built on the route of a disused railway track and opened in September 2013. The busway runs parallel to the A505 and A5065 for 13.4 kilometres (8.3 mi), of which 7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) is guided track with a maximum speed of 50 mph. It is claimed to be the second longest busway in the world.
England's Economic Heartland Strategic Alliance is one of seven sub-national transport bodies in England. EEH is a partnership of councils and local enterprise partnerships, stretching from Swindon and Oxfordshire in the west to Cambridgeshire in the east, and from Northamptonshire down to Hertfordshire. The area includes the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, as defined by Government.