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Government blocks public access to NISTA review of West Yorks rapid transit plans

Peter Stonham
22 January 2026
 

The Government has blocked public access to the report from its National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority that has put a hold on planning work to deliver a new Mass Transit System for West Yorkshire (LTT929, 8 January).

NISTA’s critical review of the £2.5bn project, for which funding had been promised by Chancellor Rachel Reeves ,has pushed completion back from early to late 2030s. Transport Minister Lord Hendy, who now is responsible for the project within the...

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