England's Economic Heartland transport body

Partnership of local transport authorities providing leadership on strategic transport from Swindon/ Oxon to Cambs & Northants to Herts.

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

EEHs response to Spending Review.

EEH Chair, Cllr @lizleffman, said “Today’s Spending Review provides further evidence of the Government’s commitment to the EEH region, including East West Rail."

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

https://t.co/v9BbIayqQM

A central part of maximising East West Rail is the ‘digital corridor’.

This video from our colleagues at England’s Connected Heartland, brilliantly explains what’s going on… all in less than a minute.

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

https://t.co/v9BbIayqQM

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

The opportunity East West Rail presents is about so much more than new train services on 80-odd miles of track. Find out more about work being done to maximise East West Rail for our wider transport system, economy, environment, society and places: https://t.co/eXHKyslR5z

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

Great story on BBC on opportunity for hourly services between Oxford, Swindon, Bath and Bristol - an improvement strongly supported by EEH. You can read our advocacy brochure on our website.

https://t.co/kV9xgwcxjL

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

The Chancellor has outlined plans for the 'Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor'.

You can read our full response: https://t.co/vSrNy8H4tp

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

EEH Chair @lizleffman welcomes @Heidi_Labour to new role as new Secretary of State for Transport. Cllr Leffman said with her constituency in Swindon, it is exciting to have a transport secretary who is based in the EEH region.

Read more here: https://t.co/w4SUfjwjq3

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

EEH responds as Chancellor commits to East West Rail in Autumn Budget

https://t.co/yQ8QDOcmJt

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

Our Rail Main Line Priorities Study provides a comprehensive baseline of rail post-covid, considering not just the network itself, but the quality of door-to-door connectivity and interchange. It then highlights nine ‘packages for investment’. See https://t.co/9OASj8CDXW

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

Great morning at today’s EEH Bus Symposium in Northampton. Attended by local leaders, DfT, operators and experts. Included this video message from bus minister Simon Lightwood and a really insightful presentation and QA with DfT director of buses and inclusion Stephen Fidler.

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

The What, the Where and the Why

Published today, our 'Connecting Economies' brochures highlight key transport interventions along a number of corridors in our region, alongside the economic rationale for investment.

Check them out: https://t.co/SllYD275w2

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

EEH MD @GreenNaomiK joined a panel including @NikJohnsonCA and @DanielZeichner at a fringe event in Liverpool this morning to make the case for regional priorities Ely Junction and East West Rail. Not a spare copy of our new Ely brochure left! Read it: https://t.co/ti7XEwjp6V

[Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority @CambsPboroCA]

🛤️ Big news for the future of rail! 🛤️

'Open Ely and open all the world' is the message from Nik Johnson, MPs and peers on the East of England All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) as they urge Government to back Ely and Haughley rail upgrades.

[Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority @CambsPboroCA]

This comes as @transporteast and @EconomicHeart released an updated report of the advantages that these improvements and the overwhelming support the schemes have received from across the country.

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

MPs @EastEnglandAPPG have written to Government urging progress on Ely and Haughley junctions and sharing EEH and @transporteast updated report, Keeping Trade on Track

➡️Improving performance railways
➡️Decarbonising transport
➡️Growth across regions

👀https://t.co/wGwGkKP00b

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

Our submission to Treasury ahead of the Budget/ Spending Review included our Board's immediate priorities in the region:

- East West Rail in full
- Ely and Haughley junctions
- Bus and MRT funding

Full story: https://t.co/aljvSBv4F6

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

We look forward to working with and contributing to the APPG going forwards especially making the case for enhancements to Ely Junction.

[Dr Nik Johnson @NikJohnsonCA]

A great start to the week in #Peterborough

On the back of national announcements from @LouHaigh , Secretary of State Transport we welcomed her to the city to discuss our ambitions for our local bus network #TigerPass #TigerNetwork

https://t.co/3d1NJtckRR

[Catapult Network @Catapult_UK]

Don't miss out ⏰

Applications for @CPCatapult's Local Authority Transport Decarbonisation Accelerator Programme close soon 🚍

[England's Economic Heartland transport body @EconomicHeart]

"We welcome importance government placing on bus...Flexibility of approach will be crucial... Government must learn lessons of the past, including the uneven bus service improvement plan funding, and avoid creating a two-tier system..."

EEH response to the laying of the Bus Bill

[Department for Transport @transportgovuk]

Today we've announced new steps that will help put bus services back into the hands of local people.

For more information on how this will benefit local communities: https://t.co/qvlEvO7PU0