Chief Executive Barry White responds to the publication of IPPR North’s report ‘Transport Investment in the Northern Powerhouse 2019’.
Barry White, Chief Executive at Transport for the North, said:
“The effects of decades of underinvestment in the North are there for all to see in our creaking infrastructure and lack of connectivity, validating Northern leaders’ recent call for a Northern Budget.
“For too long the North has been at the back of the queue for investment, and our Members are clear that this underfunding of our region must be addressed within the upcoming Spending Round and in the longer term investment plans that the Government sets out.
“The Northern Infrastructure Pipeline of road and rail schemes will help make up this gap while also helping to rebalance the UK economy and support our people and businesses in reaching their potential.
“We remain clear that now is the time to invest in the North and grow the Northern Powerhouse – with a Northern Budget for the benefit of the whole country.”
To find out more about the call for a Northern Budget, click here.