Members of Parliament and Growth Track 360 Call for Urgent Reviews of the Feasibility of the Electrification of the North Wales Coast Main Railway Line and the Fairness of the Department for Transport’s Investment Appraisal Processes.
Cllr. Louise Gittins, Chair of GT360 welcoming Tan Dhesi MP, the Shadow Rail Minister, to Chester Station with John Allcock, Chair of the Wrexham and Bidston Rail Users Association, Lord Barry Jones, President of the Wrexham and Bidston Rail Users Association, Mark Measham, Duty Manager, Chester Station (TfW) and Stephen Jones of GT360
Cllr. Louise Gittins, Chair of GT360 with Charlie Seward, Deputy Chief Executive of Cheshire West and Chester Council and lead officer of GT360, Ashley Rogers, CEO of the North Wales Mersey Dee Business Council, Dr. James Davies MP and Cllr. Ian Roberts Leader of Flintshire Council at a GT360 event in the Churchill Room of the House of Commons in February 2023.
February 2023
Growth Track 360 - News Release
Growth Track 360 seeks support from UK parliamentarians for ‘Low Carbon Transport’ to support transformation of North Wales, Cheshire and Liverpool City Region into ‘Low Carbon Economy’.
November 2022 Fiscal and Spending Statement: Accelerating Growth and Union Connectivity through Investment in Cross-Border Railways linking North Wales and North West England.
Growth Track 360 makes case to Parliamentary Committee for improved railways to attract tourism as local MPs back direct HS2 trains for Chester and North Wales.
Growth Track 360 welcomes recognition by Union Connectivity Review of North Wales and North West England as a highly integrated cross-border economy and support for programme of transport improvements.
Growth Track 360 seeks meeting with UK Transport Secretary to accelerate investment in cross-border railways linking North Wales and North West England.
The Mersey Dee Alliance (MDA) publishes a £220m Cross Border Recovery Deal aligned with Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s vision for a levelled up, higher-wage, higher-skill, higher-productivity economy and commences negotiations with the Welsh and UK Governments to fund the Deal.
The Mersey Dee Alliance welcomes the UK Government’s vote of confidence in the MDA-based HyNet Consortium with the award of Track 1 Cluster Sequencing Funding for Carbon Capture and Underground Storage (CCUS) infrastructure. The implementation of CCUS from 2025 will safeguard the future of thousands of high value manufacturing jobs for the MDA and the connected economic areas in North Wales and the North West of England.
Growth Track 360 welcomes breakthrough on rail services to Manchester and urges Chancellor to invest £20 million in improving vital railways linking North Wales, Cheshire, Wirral and Liverpool.
Growth Track 360 backs Flintshire’s £30 million bid to UK Levelling Up Fund to accelerate transformation of Borderlands railway between Wrexham and Liverpool.