West Yorkshire transport schemes delayed to save £270m

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Pausing the projects will ease pressure on budgets, West Yorkshire Combined Authority says.

Among schemes likely to be delayed is the planned redevelopment of Halifax's railway stationThe West Yorkshire Combined Authority said it had identified about 40 schemes which could be "paused" to ease pressures on budgets.

Inflation, Brexit and the Ukraine war were "having a significant impact" on infrastructure projects, the WYCA said. Those schemes would still be delivered over a longer period of time and alternative funding sources for them would also be sought, according to the WYCA. The organisation had worked with councils across West Yorkshire to "minimise disruption" and ensure no part of the region was unfairly impacted, they added.

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