£30m upgrade for links to Felixstowe

29 October 2009

Three major transport infrastructure projects in the east of England, aimed at reducing congestion on the A14, have won £30m of European funding.

More than £8m will fund improvements to the rail line between Felixstowe and Nuneaton, allowing more freight to be shifted from the port by rail, reducing congestion on the link road, which will also benefit from a £10m traffic management scheme.

A further £12.7m will go towards the Thames Estuary dredge and reclamation works to support the integrated multi-modal London Gateway port and logistics development.

They are the only projects in the UK to receive support from this round of grants from the Trans-European Network – Transport (TEN-T) scheme.

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