MP's pitch to turnover traffic congestion with local rugby club 'game-changer project' speech

RESPONSE TO RACHEL REEVES' “SQUARE ROOT OF NOT A LOT”

- BY JAMES TURNER Local Democracy Reporter

SEVERAL "game-changer" highway and infrastructure projects have been pitched in a £495 million bid to help boost south Lincolnshire.

Boston and Skegness MP Richard Tice, deputy leader of Reform UK, said Rachel Reeves’ recent spending review delivered “the square root of not a lot,” for Lincolnshire - and he has chosen to put forward his own plans to build a long-awaited Boston Bypass, dual the A16 between Boston and Peterborough and deliver various local rail improvements such as linking the Boston more directly to Spalding.

Acknowledging the congestion issues faced by Boston, partly due to having 11 road and rail crossings in and around the town, Mr Tice presented the projects to a room full of party colleagues, press and council leaders at Boston Rugby Club on Tuesday morning (June 17).

He outlined the steps needed to demonstrate the need for the projects so that funding can be attracted in the future.

He said: "Most people would probably admit that south Lincolnshire has had a bit of a rum deal in infrastructure spend compared to elsewhere in Lincolnshire and the East Midlands region."