HC Deb 08 December 1997 vol 302 c421W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects work on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link(a) to begin and (b) to be completed; and if he will make a statement on negotiations concerning the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. [19236]

Ms Glenda Jackson

Under the Development Agreement with the Government, London and Continental Railways (LCR) are contracted to complete the Channel Tunnel Rail Link within five and a half years of raising finance for the project. LCR say that this is planned for around mid-1998, that they are currently discussing related proposals with a number of parties and that main construction should begin next April.

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