English cities to receive transport boost of almost £7bn in budget
Almost £7bn will be allocated in next week’s budget to “level up” urban transport in cities around England, the government has said.
City regions will receive a total of about £5.7bn in sustainable transport cash, while another £1.2bn will go towards improving bus services.
Only about £1.5bn of what the Treasury is styling a “local transport revolution” appears to be new money, with £4.2bn having been previously announced in 2019 for cities, and the bus funding coming from a £3bn fund promised by Boris Johnson last year.
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will allocate the money on Wednesday to pay for train and station upgrades and the expansion of tram networks in cities outside London.
Sunak said: “Great cities need great transport and that is why
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