Full list of all the UK projects now going ahead with the £36bn meant for HS2

Rishi Sunak announced the cancellation of the Birmingham-Manchester leg of HS2 this morning following days of speculation over its future, with the PM promising the money would be reinvested in transport across the country.

In its place he announced “Network North”, which he said would be a “different story – hundreds of transport projects starting sooner and finishing faster.”

As he faces backlash for what Manchester mayor Andy Burnham described as treating people in the north as “second-class citizens”, the PM said the £36billion that would have been spent on HS2 will now be spent on “hundreds of transport projects in the North, Midlands, and across the country.”

The majority of this fund – nearly £20 billion – will go to transport projects focused in the north of the country, but other regions will receive around £15 billion.

Here is the full list of projects being funded by the money from HS2. There are no timelines for any of the redirected spending, and the majority of investments seek to improve on existing projects.

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North West

£4bn for improving connectivity in all six Northern city areas.
£2.5bn new fund to transform rural travel.
Upgraded Energy Coast Line between Carlisle, Workington and Barrow.
£100m to enable contactless or smartcard payment on travel.
£3.3bn long-term road resurfacing fund for North to fix potholes
Over £500m for two major road schemes around Manchester.
£300m for nine smaller road schemes.
£2 bus fare will also be extended to the end of December 2024 instead of rising to £2.50 as planned.
£700m bus funding package in the North.
£1.5bn for Greater Manchester local transport network.
Nearly £1bn for Liverpool City Region, plus a further £600m on top – funded from HS2.

North East

75 percent more funding for improved connectivity.
Funding to dual a section of the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham.
£460m for smaller road schemes.
Reopening stations.
Enabling contactless or smartcard payment on travel.
Fixing potholes.
£2 bus fare extended.
£1.8bn for the North East from the City Regional Sustainable Transport Settlement 2 and HS2 funding.
£1bn for Tees Valley.

Yorkshire & Humber

£2.5bn West Yorkshire mass-transit system.
Hull brought into Northern Powerhouse Rail network.
Sheffield-Leeds line electrified and upgraded.
Hope Valley Line between Manchester and Sheffield electrified and upgraded.
Reopening train lines to reconnect communities.
£100m for contactless and smart ticketing.
Nearly £4bn to better connect all six Northern city areas.
£2.5bn fund to transform local transport in 14 rural counties.
£460m for smaller road schemes across the North.
£1 billion roads package in the North.
£3.3bn long-term road resurfacing fund for North.
£2 bus fare extended until the end of December 2024.
£1.4 bn for South Yorkshire from savings from HS2 and the City Regional Sustainable Settlement.
£1.3 bn for West Yorkshire, including a £500m downpayment for the West Yorkshire Mass Transit.

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West Midlands

Reopening closed Beeching lines, with a new station at Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, on the existing Crewe to Derby line.
£100m for contactless and smart ticketing.
£2.2bn fund to transform local transport.
£250m for smaller road schemes:
A Midlands Road Fund worth nearly £650m for new roads.
£230m for more bus services.
£2.2bn for the Midlands to combat potholes.
£2 bus fare extended until the end of December 2024.
£1bn more for local transport funding in West Midlands, including £100m for ongoing metro and Arden Cross cost pressures and £250m to accelerate local transport projects over the next five years.

East Midlands

Increased rail capacity, doubling number of trains between Leicester and Birmingham.
£1.5bn for East Midlands City Region Mayor.
Reopening Beeching Line stations.
Funding for the Barrow Hill Line.
£100m for contactless and smart ticketing.
Fixing two major pinch points on the A5: The stretch of road between Hinckley and Tamworth, linking the M1 and M6, and improvements to the A50/500 corridor between Stoke and Derby.
Midlands Road Fund worth nearly £650m for new roads.
£2.2 billion fund to transform local transport.
£250m to fully fund ten smaller road schemes in the Midlands.
£2.2bn for potholes.
£230m for more bus services.
Brand new City Regional Sustainable Transport settlement of over £1.5bn.

East Anglia

Ely Junction to be transformed.
Remodelling of the Ely North and Haughley Junctions.
Doubling train passenger services on the Ely to King’s Lynn and Ipswich to Peterborough routes.
£610m to fund road schemes.
Access to a £2.8bn roads resurfacing fund: combatting potholes.
£2 bus fare extended until the end of December 2024.

South East

Funding to ensure the delivery of road schemes.
£290m to deliver 14 road schemes.
Access to £2.8bn to combat potholes.
£1bn fund to be launched for new road schemes.
£2 bus fare extended until the end of December 2024.

South West

Funding for vital Exeter to Plymouth rail line.
Opening more railway lines between Cullompton and Wellington.
A new station built at Tavistock connecting it with Plymouth.
£100m in funding for a Mass Transit system.
£140m in funding to ensure the delivery of 12 road schemes.
A further £1bn fund for new road schemes around the South West, South East and East of England.
Access to £2.8bn roads resurfacing fund to combat potholes.
£2 bus fare extended until the end of December 2024.
£0.8bn from the City Regional Sustainable Transport Settlement 2 budget and savings from HS2.

Wales

£1bn to improve transport connectivity in Wales.
Faster journey times, increased capacity, and more frequent, reliable services.

Scotland

Reducing congestion for the communities of Ashington, Felton, Alnwick, and Amble.
Faster journey times, increased capacity, and more frequent, reliable services.
Pinch points on the A75 solved.
Further investment in the M6 and Cumbria, and the A77 towards Glasgow.

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