Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 89133

Railways: East of England

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the (a) freight sector and (b) economy of the time taken to commence work on the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Scheme.

Answer

Keir Mather
The previous government had committed to a number of projects that were unfunded, including the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) scheme. The EACE was assessed as having a Benefit Cost Ratio of 4.89 against a cost estimate of £489m at Outline Business ...

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