"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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Alan Quick wrote:
"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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Interestingly, it also says that DEFRA have commissioned a studies (not
that that means anything useful) into the East-West rail link between
Oxford and Cambridge via Bletchley and Bedford, as part of an
investigation into supporting the new Milton Keynes & South Midlands
housing plans around Milton Keynes.


Would this be the same Oxford-Cambridge rail link via Bedford that was
dug up 40-something years ago?

Yup. They've decided they need it again.

Or it could be a counter to the road lobby "outer M25"
Consisting A34, part dualled A43.A421,A428,A14

Hopefully TPTB will recognise that an "outer M25" will create traffic
problems even worse than the current M25 does - if the current M25 creates
widely distributed trips that are all but impossible to cater for with
public transport, then an outer M25 will be that much worse.

Unfortunately, some of the "outer M25" road schemes may slip in as
infrastructure to support the new housing planned in MK or the M11
corridor.

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It is happening, look at the Highways Agency road projects, e.g.
A14 upgrade to 3 dual lanes plus auxillary lanes where A428 joins (8 lanes
total)
A421 Milton Keynes to Bedford project to incude new dual carriageway over M1
A421/A428 two dualling projects, connecting to previous dualling bypass
projects.
Part of the B4031 has been upgraded and designated the A421 after the
dualling to the connecting junctions.
Dualling to follow to meet demand!.

Alan Quick