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The Gatesd closed overview is an example of support for immediate infrastructure in northeast England
While I listened to the coverage of Chancellor Rachel Reeves announcing her support for the expansion of the airport and a British Silicon Valley in southeast England, I was driving through North Ruin infrastructure.
First of all, an overflight leave in Gateshead.
This crucial section of the A167 was closed last year after its 1960s concrete turned out to be so corroded that it was in danger of an imminent collapse.
It was so bad that, for a while, Tyne and the metro trains had to stop running underneath, causing chaos for commuters and Christmas buyers.
The discussions have opened with the government to obtain aid for its demolition and its replacement, but so far, no money has been to come.
Once this obstacle has passed, you come to the emblematic Tyne bridge. Except that it looks less than charming for the moment.
The financing of repairs of the Tyne bridge remains not confirmed
It is wrapped in scaffolding while the neglected and rusty Hulk is gradually restored.
The work will take years and slowed the traffic towards a ramp.
Before the elections of last July, money had been promised (but not really paid) by the conservatives to finance its revitalization, but now the inhabitants of the northeast are waiting to see if this commitment will be honored by work.
If you add the plowing decision to abandon the plans to upgrade a part of the A1 in Northumberland to the two -way road, you can forgive the region to have taken a look Rather envious on the push of Rachel Reeves for growth in the South.
Regardless of a third track, we would not bother to have a functional overview.
Used for disappointment
So, perhaps, what the voters who supported the party of Reeves in 26 of the 27 districts of the region last year could have hoped.
Not that there is a lot of work for “halcyon” days of conservative level.
A failure to convince voters that the idea was much more than sloganering was an important part of the reason why the conservatives lost big.
The inhabitants of the North are used for disappointment, but have we really been abandoned in favor of the apparently easier growth successes available in the South?
As strange as it seems, the expansion of Heathrow at least could offer advantages.
Newcastle has a daily link with the airport and, therefore supported, can enjoy a boost.
And when it was offered for the last time, the new track was to offer a service between Teesside and London airport.
The Chancellor has also talked about the role that Teesside can play in the manufacture of new sustainable aviation fuels which will be necessary to plead in favor of the expansion of the airport.
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Kim McGuinness and Ben Houchen elected mayors have increased powers
When I interviewed Reeves during his recent visits to the region, it is the transition from powers and funding to the conservative mayor of Tees Valley Ben Houchen and the mayor of northeast plowing, Kim McGuinness that she has sold as a key to growth here.
But will all this really transform the fortune of the poorest region of England and will it fill the long-standing performance gap with the South?
It looks like a jump.
What Rachel Reeves’ speech has demonstrated is that improving major infrastructure requires government action.
The North still has no recent investment to compare to the billions of dollars in the Elizabeth line in London, and expect that the success of the South has exceeded the country has not worked for more than a century now.
It was, however, a speech one day, for a chancellor who has a few years to prove that the voters of the North were right to support his party.
But work know that they can no longer hold the inhabitants of the northeast for granted.
The temporary success of the 2019 curator has proven that, although the rise of the United Kingdom reform is a new threat.
The “red wall” of Labor deputies could have been rebuilt last July, but the party will have to keep a firm eye on its shallow foundations to prevent masonry as bad as this overview of Gateshead.
