The title of this Blog is one of my favourite phrases, as I see so little evidence of it.
Yesterday, the Government announced a serious investment in the railway infrastructure, however this will miss out my home town of Kingston-upon-Hull.
The local council have had plans to upgrade the Castle Street intersection and the A62, which is one of the major roads out of Hull, from the dock area, with connections to M60, M1 and A1 further along. Diverting this traffic will mean going through some of the most highly built up areas in the city. The process of this upgrade will mean traffic chaos for at least two years from the date it starts, which is when?
Kingston-upon-Hull is supposed to be the site of the future of the renewables industry, with Siemens apparently ready to sign on the dotted line to build a huge factory near the Humber estuary making offshore wind turbines.
If you were Siemens would you come to Hull? One of the prime requirements for inward investment is that it is dependent on the infrastructure in place, all they can look forward to is poor road and rail connections for at least the next three or four years.
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