Following the government’s decision to scrap the Oxford-Cambridge Expressway project, business leaders in Milton Keynes say investment in the transport infrastructure that is essential to the development of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc must be a priority.
- There are concerns that the new road infrastructure will not happen quickly enough to support the Arc’s development.
- 'Improvement in road links is essential if the Arc is not to “wither on the vine”, says Milton Keynes Business Leaders Partnership chair Nicholas Mann.' Milton Keynes North MP Ben Everitt, has echoed his views and has endorsed the statement by 'Transport Secretary Grant Shapps that the focus must now be on developing the existing road network.'
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