Road improvements take lion’s share of £374m HIF awards

08 November 2019
Medway is exploring  a passenger service over part of the Isle of Grain rail branch, and a new chord
Medway is exploring a passenger service over part of the Isle of Grain rail branch, and a new chord

 

Road improvements dominate this week’s award of £374m Housing Infrastructure Fund grant to five councils in southern England. But Medway Council has also received funding to explore a passenger service on a freight-only railway.

Medway has won the biggest award – £170m to facilitate  10,600 new homes around the village of Hoo St Werburgh on the Hoo Peninsula. 

The council will use £85.7m to improve roads, including the A228 and A289. A further £67m...

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