Ahead of a general election expected next year. Heres some of his speech i am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. Applause. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham in blue is already under construction and will be completed. But the length in red, stretching further north from birmingham to manchester, has now been officially scrapped. A separate eastern leg to leeds marked here in purple had already
region. mayors from the greater manchester region, including the conservative mayor, region, including the conservative mayor, pressuring and pushing the uk government in the conservative party to effectively hurry up and improve the transport in and around greater manchester. the entire northeastern and northwestern, all calling for these and northwestern, all calling for these transport upgrades and it got a courtesy these transport upgrades and it got a courtesy message in boris johnson s speech, a line there much like a johnson s speech, a line there much like a upgrading roads that will connect like a upgrading roads that will connect the north of england and scotland connect the north of england and scotland. but again nothing in detail scotland. but again nothing in detail. and you see there was a call of the detail. and you see there was a call of the red detail. and you see there was a call of the red wall seats that we had running of the red wall seats th