Shailesh Vara MP has welcomed the recent announcement by the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer that there will be some £36 billion invested in more than 200 infrastructure projects nationally this year.

This is particularly good news at a local level as funding has been provided for work to begin to resolve the pinch-point at the junction of the A1(M) and the A47 at Wansford. Motorists coming in to Peterborough and the surrounding area via the A1(M) currently experience congestion and tailbacks, often on to the carriageway itself, which is a very dangerous situation as other traffic continues to travel at fast speeds.

Mr Vara was delighted by the announcement and said:

“This is excellent news for motorists and local residents alike who have to endure lengthy tailbacks at the junction of the A47 and A1(M) day in and day out just to get to their place of work, or go about their daily business.

This is an issue on which I have often spoken with Ministers, most recently at the start of the year, and the decision shows that the Government is listening and acting on some of the historic and problematic issues present in our local infrastructure.”