East West Rail (EWR) tagged articles

Richard Fuller MP and parish representatives join East West Rail chief for Route E ‘walkabout’

Richard Fuller, Conservative MP for North East Bedfordshire, was joined by parish council representatives on a walk through East West Rail's Route E with EWR Co's chief executive, Simon Blanchflower...

East West Rail: Local political tensions rumble on

The Conservative group continue to want a re-consultation of route options between Bedford-St Neots/Tempsford, but the Lib Dems argue if such a move occurred, East West Rail would be delayed by years...

Letters: Help us suggest solutions to the East-West Rail Company

Whilst a direct passenger line to serve Cambridge from the West is needed 'somehow', there is a capacity issue of getting intensive freight through the same 'box' between Shepreth and...

NE Beds MP accuses Mayor of ‘secret plan’ in House of Commons East West Rail debate

The MP for a constituency through which the East West Rail (EWR) line will run, has used an Adjournment Debate in the House of Commons to accuse Bedford's Mayor, Dave Hodgson, of having a 'secret plan'...

Bedford MPs grill transport minister over East West Rail route

Two of Bedford’s MPs grilled the transport minister in Parliament today over the East West Rail (EWR) route. Both Richard Fuller, Conservative MP for NE Beds and Bedford and Kempston, MP, Mohammad Yasin...

Monthly column: Government’s controversial Planning Bill will remove local powers

The Government’s new controversial Planning Bill represents the biggest reform of the planning system in England since the introduction of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947...

NE Bedfordshire MP asks East West Rail chief for “in-depth review”

East West Rail 2021 consultation: how to respond by 9 June

The East West Rail consultation closes on Wednesday 9 June and all residents are urged to give their views on the proposals in the time remaining. Much of the debate has centred around the concerns of residents...

Bitterness, anger, threats and allegations in the air as council debates its East West Rail route response

A last ditch Conservative bid to get Bedford Borough Council to lobby for the Government to think again over a controversial new railway north of the town has been overwhelmingly rejected. A four-hour meeting was full of...

Councillors, Mayor and MP call for consultation extension on East West Rail

The current deadline for responses to the latest East West Rail (EWR) Co consultation is due to end on 9 June. However, local councillors and Bedford’s MP have urged EWR and the transport minister to extend...

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