Transport written question – answered at on 10 February 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the decision to approve public funding for the outer harbour for Great Yarmouth was based on (a) regeneration, (b) economic and (c) commercial grounds.
Public funding for the East Port project has yet to be approved. In my view, there is no strong transport case for public funding but the business case made for EastPort has shown the potential to deliver benefits sufficient to justify the public funding proposed. In such circumstances I have concluded that transport considerations should not stand in the way of a favourable decision on this important project. It now falls to the Department of Trade and Industry, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the local authorities concerned to decide whether public funding should be made available.
Yes1 person thinks so
No1 person thinks not
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