View 2 Images

Andy Burnham says rumoured delays to building a high-speed railway from Manchester to Liverpool is ‘disappointing’.

The mayor has championed a project to build a new railway line between the two cities, which would stop in Warrington and Manchester Airport , describing it as the ‘Elizabeth Line of the north west’.

It was thought the project would be the headline announcement in Keir Starmer’s speech to Labour Conference, held in Liverpool, next week.

To see planning applications; traffic and road diversions and layout changes; and more, visit the Public Notices Portal HERE

But the scheme has been put on hold to review the budget and avoid spiralling costs seen with the HS2 line, according to BBC News on Wednesday (September 24).

Reacting to the development, Mr

See Full Page