BORIS Johnson hinted the north is set for a major infrastructure boost to railroad the nation to build back from the pandemic. The PM , speaking to railway chiefs yesterday, outlined plans to speed up major projects saying he wants the Department for Transport (DfT) and Network Rail 'to halve the time and slash the cost' of projects. He said: "We know that it is by infrastructure, innovation and skills, we will spread opportunity around the country. "We know the good efficient mass transit systems are the great social and economic levers and bringers of hope. "It’s thanks to your efforts that post-coved, post- Brexit Britain will be propelled by a new generation of electric or even hydrogen trains whizzing down the ringing grooves of change as I think [the poet] Tennyson puts it. "Reopening Beeching lines, renewing the very musculoskeletal system of the country." Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris added: "The whole country has relied on the transport industry over the past year, to keep the country moving, supplies delivered and key workers to their jobs saving lives. "We are now depending on transport to kickstart our economic recovery. Most read in Politics Live Blog POLITICS LIVE Boris Johnson says… Read full this story
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