From eWatford Observer, 2:19pm Thursday 28th May 2009


Croxley Rail Link 'complete by 2014'

By Filip Hnizdo »


A timetable and funding plan for the long-delayed Croxley Rail Link
proposal has been drafted.
Hertfordshire County Council has announced it hopes to have the
£26million project complete by January 2014.
The recently published East of England Regional Authority's funding
advice document suggests a £119.5million government grant for the
project. London Underground is set to contribute an additional
£18.5million.
The East of England Regional Authority indicated that the project
would be delivered around 2017 but Hertfordshire County Council says
it hopes to bring this date forward.
Public consultations are planned for this summer with a Transport and
Works application set to be submitted in May next year. A public
inquiry is proposed for February 2011.
The rail project would link the Metropolitan Line on the London
Underground with Watford Junction rail station with new stations being
opened in Ascot Road and near the proposed Watford Health Campus and
Vicarage Road Stadium.
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John Burke
WRUG