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Mayor 2020: on the right track?

  • 11th February 2020
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Boris Johnson, Featured, HS2, Liam Byrne, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Sion Simon, Transport, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
The race to win the West Midlands mayoralty may be the election contest to watch in 2020, writes Kevin Johnson. Well, at least until the one across the pond has

WMCA: Nothing to see here…move along

  • 14th September 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • #ThinkBirmingham, Andy Street, Boris Johnson, Devolution, Featured, HS2, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
As the Prime Minister prepared to address leaders ‘up North’ gathering for the Convention of the North, members of the West Midlands Combined Authority Board filed into Birmingham council chamber

HS2: new driver needed

  • 29th August 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Burnham, Andy Street, Cllr Ian Ward, Featured, HS2, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Transport, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
Is the Oakervee Review “welcome”, “frustrating” or the end of the line for HS2, asks Kevin Johnson? It was no surprise to see Andy Street prosecuting a positive take on

HS2 reveals design vision for new stations

  • 9th October 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Featured, HS2, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Transport, west midlands combined authority
HS2 is today releasing images of of its two brand new stations in Birmingham and Solihull, reports Kevin Johnson.  They can be seen at Birmingham Library at the first of

Keeping up with the Jones

  • 1st October 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • #ThinkBirmingham, Andy Street, Devolution, Featured, HS2, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
Andy Street helped to open the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham yesterday afternoon, but was somewhat overshadowed by that other Brummie businessperson-turned-politician, Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham, writes Kevin Johnson.

From Hub to Centre – Solihull showcased at MIPIM

  • 14th March 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Councils, Featured, HS2, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, WMCA
A day after the Borough’s latest plans for a new, high-quality and sustainable urban quarter next to HS2 Interchange Station were revealed, development opportunities in Solihull Town Centre have been

Solihull’s plan to create sustainable new urban quarter

  • 13th March 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Birmingham Airport, Councils, Featured, HS2, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Transport, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
Plans to create a new, high-quality and sustainable urban quarter around the HS2 Interchange Station in Solihull take a major step forward today after funding was secured, and the principles

Mayoral ‘congestion-busting partnership’ prepares for HS2

  • 2nd March 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Department for Transport, Featured, HS2, HS2 Birmingham interchange, Laura Shoaf, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Transport, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
Political and transport leaders have met “on a mission to keep the Midlands moving” during the huge HS2 construction programme. Transport minister Jesse Norman MP, Mayor of the West Midlands

Keeping the West Midlands moving

  • 31st January 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Devolution, Featured, George Osborne, HS2, Laura Shoaf, Midland Metro, News, Northern Powerhouse, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
Against the backdrop of big bids, some won and others in battle, and political fallout from the Mayor’s attempt to secure a precept, it could be forgotten that transport remains

£1.6bn infrastructure investment plan for UK Central

  • 2nd November 2017
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham Airport, Featured, HS2, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Transport, WMCA
Details of the vision to create a new urban quarter around the new HS2 Interchange Station in Solihull have been unveiled, with the potential for £1.6bn of infrastructure investment to
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