Transport: Leigh
(asked on 20th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allocate Transforming Cities funding to improve transport connectivity in Leigh constituency.
This question was answered on 28th November 2017
As the Chancellor announced at Budget, Greater Manchester will receive £243 million from the Transforming Cities Fund. It will be for the Mayor and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to decide whether to use this allocation to develop projects to improve connectivity in Leigh constituency. After allowing for allocations to the other Mayoral combined authorities, the remaining half of the fund will be open to bids from English cities.