Precious little rail funding in second UK Levelling Up round
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A fifty-million-pound (59 million euro) boost for metro development around Cardiff is the only substantial rail-based project announced in the second round of funding under the UK government Levelling Up agenda. Out of a total of more than 100 projects awarded a share of 2.1 billion pounds from the fund to create jobs and boost the economy, only seven have a rail infrastructure element. None of them mention freight capacity.
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