Manchester United Football Club has released the first imagery of its proposed regeneration of the Trafford Park area with a new 100,000-seater stadium and community district on the site of an existing freight terminal.
Manchester United has partnered with Trafford Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to drive growth and regeneration in the Trafford Wharfside area as part of its £2bn new stadium development.
Regional devolution, clarity of plans and certainty of policy to attract private investment are key factors to improving UK infrastructure delivery according to senior National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) figures and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.
A new Liverpool-Manchester Railway Board has been established to develop proposals for a new high-speed railway to link the two cities as part of Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR).
There are significant infrastructure and planning questions hanging over the proposed new Handsacre to Manchester Airport rail line, an expert has told NCE.
A new rail link between Handsacre and Manchester Airport has been identified by the Greater Manchester and West Midlands mayors as their preferred option to replace High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2.
Railway stations could be more accessible if powers over them were devolved to regional transport authorities, according to Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.
All public transport should be devolved and trying to run it all top down “hasn’t worked” according to Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.
The mayors of the West Midlands and Manchester, with support from Arup, have formed a private sector group to explore how rail connectivity can be improved between their two regions.
An extra £8bn-plus could be pumped into the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) project, bringing the fund to £20bn, the Manchester mayor has said.
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