The European Commission has selected transport infrastructure development projects to receive funding totalling £144m (euro 170m), from the trans-European transport network fund.  It’s nice to know that we are getting something back from the EU to help with the upkeep of our transport systems that are increasingly damaged by foreign vehicles.

The UK projects selected under the 2010 call for proposals were:

• Felixstowe Rail Terminal: improving intermodal transfer and removing bottleneck on PP26. Annual Programme funding of £4.2m;
• Port Salford: enabling studies and works. Annual Programme funding of £845,300;
• Priority Axis 26: Nuneaton North Chord and Kennett re-signalling works. Annual Programme funding of £4.2m;
• UK-Ireland: Functional Airspace Blocks development of high level sectors. Multi-Annual Programme funding of £1m.

The aim of the grants is to help member states build missing transport links, remove bottlenecks and increase the safety and security of transport across Europe.