Eurotunnel

(asked on 19th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken to ensure that projects that will be undertaken by Eurotunnel under the terms of the Government settlement agreement are new projects and not projects or measures that Eurotunnel would otherwise have committed to using separate funding streams.


Answered by
Chris Grayling Portrait
Chris Grayling
This question was answered on 22nd March 2019

The Settlement Agreement does not limit the expenditure to specifically new projects. However, the settlement, by requiring expenditure on security and infrastructure resilience, secures specific commitments by Eurotunnel to spending on these areas – securing the benefits that such improvements provide. The money cannot be spent on routine maintenance or operational costs.

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