Following the decision to scrap the northern leg of HS2, Rishi Sunak has announced that the \u00a34.7 billion that has been earmarked for the north will now put into local transport schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview with BBC Radio York, Mr Sunak said: \u201cWe could have carried on with a project that was going to cost well over \u00a3100 billion, take decades and have a very specific set of benefits, whereas I made a different decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI said \u2018I\u2019m going to take that money, and instead I\u2019m going to give it to local areas to spend on their local transport priorities\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s already started to happen. So local authorities have already got money at the end of last year for more road resurfacing and potholes. They\u2019re going to get more of that this year. We\u2019ve already capped bus fares at \u00a32.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Sunak said these plans are already benefiting people and will be “transformative” in his efforts to improve the connectivity of the North. <\/p>\n\n\n\n