Ministers are making good on infrastructure promises

By Alasdair Reisner2020-09-07T05:00:00

U-turns may be the order of the day elsewhere but Project Speed shows no signs of slowing down, says CECA’s Alasdair Reisner

POSITIVE THINKING SERIES

They say that no plan survives first contact with the enemy, and yet when faced with a foe as big as covid-19, the UK government’s much-vaunted plan for an infrastructure revolution appears to be emerging out the other side – slightly battle-weary but pressing on. Where previous economic downturns have seen the Treasury slam on the brakes for transport spending, all indications are that major programmes in road and rail will be part of the government’s thinking as it ponders recovery from the biggest downturn since records began.

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