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Cambridge authorities allot £4m investment for transport infrastructure

Source: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CA) will spend over £4m on transport schemes in 2017-18.Funds are expected to be spent on a number of shortlisted major infrastructure projects including the development of new stations and the regeneration of existing sites.A total of 17 schemes have been shortlisted for funding, with another 26 making the ‘long-list’ for the current mayoral period.In Cambridge there are plans to contribute to the costs of a new station built near the university’s Biomedical Campus. The project is expected to grant access to a site which could support 16,000 homes and 7,000 new jobs.