Steve Barclay MP has secured written ministerial approval for either Cambridgeshire County Council or Fenland District Council to use their reserves to enable the £250k Wisbech Rail reopening detailed engineering study to be carried out this year on the understanding the money will be coming next year through the grant to the Local Enterprise Partnership.
This would avoid several months of delay, and would allow the project to be included in a bid for European Structural and Investment Funds.
Read more here:
http://stevebarclay.net/eu-cash-could-be-rail-links-golden-ticket/
