The package of projects announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne includes: ? Acceleration of building of the Tyne and Wear Metro; ? Electrification of Transpennine Express, cutting journey times between Manchester and Leeds by 45 minutes; ?Linking the M56 at Manchester Airport to the A6 south of Stockport; ?Major works on the A14 around Kettering to relieve congestion and in Cambridgeshire to improve junctions; ?Improvements to roads around the A45/46 interchange in the West Midlands;' ?Increasing capacity of the M3 in Surrey and the northern section of the M25.
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