Boorman said, 'these rail projects hold the
potential to create greater connectivity
between major cities and ports, enabling
businesses to source labour more widely
as the commuting time would be more
reasonable. This means house prices
across urban locations and towns would
rebalance helping with the Governments
'levelling up' agenda. But this brings back
the question around hybrid working; is the
infrastructure spend in rail appropriately
directed or should the future spend focus
on digital improvements in the rural areas?
Maybe now is the time for the Government's
pre-pandemic plans to be put on pause and
to rethink how they plan to spend in a postcoronavirus
environment'.
INFRASTRUCTURE | LISTENING TO THE MIDDLE MARKET '' Maybe now is the time for the
Government's pre-pandemic
plans to be put on pause and
to rethink how they plan to
spend in a post-coronavirus
environment.
Kelly
Boorman
Head of
Construction
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