# List of future transport developments in the East of England

A list of proposed, planned and under construction transport developments in the East of England region in a sortable table. Following the 2010 general election the new government's Comprehensive Spending Review, many unstarted projects have been reassessed for feasibility, with an eye to save money due to the late 2000s recession. Some schemes have since been given a go ahead, or cut from plans, however many are still waiting till January 2011 to know what decisions have been reached on them.
| Scheme | Mode | County | Status | Primary sponsor | Estimated construction start date | Estimated completion date | Estimated cost (£m) | Note |
| London Stansted Airport expansion | Air | Essex | cancelled | BAA Limited | | 2017 | £2,500 | |
| Thames estuary airport | Air | Essex | aspiration | Greater London Authority | | | £7,600 - 13,900 | |
| Luton to Dunstable Busway | Bus | Central Bedfordshire | approved | Luton Borough Council | Early 2010 | 2012 | £84 | |
| Luton Town Centre Transport Scheme | Multi-modal | Luton | Pre-qualification pool | Luton Borough Council | Early 2010 | Late 2012 | £26.8 | |
| Cambridge Gateway | Multi-modal | Cambridgeshire | approved | Cambridgeshire County Council | Dec 2010 | 2012 | £3.14 | plus cost of Hills Road Bridge Cycle Lane |
| Cambridgeshire Guided Busway | Bus | Cambridgeshire | completed | Cambridgeshire County Council | March 2007 | mid-2010 | £116.2 | |
| Project Cambridge | Multi-modal | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | | | £25 | |
| A13 Passenger Transport Corridor | Multi-modal | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | Early 2010 | Spring 2012 | £7 | |
| Chelmer Valley Park and Ride | Bus | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | March 2010 | By March 2011 | £7.9 | |
| South Essex Rapid Transit | Bus | Essex | Pre-qualification pool | Essex County Council | 2011 | Late 2012 | £53 | |
| King's Lynn to South Lynn bus and cycle route | Multi-modal | Norfolk | cancelled | Norfolk County Council | June 2010 | Sept 2010 | £0.85 | |
| Cambridge Cycling Town routes | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | | | £3.6 | |
| Leagrave, new bridge under the main line railway | Cycle | Luton | reserve proposal | Sustrans | | | | |
| Sawston to Abington cycleway | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | Jan 2010 | | £0.35 - 0.4 | |
| St Neots (Southern) Foot and Cycle Bridge | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Sustrans | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | £3.5 | |
| Wicken Fen Vision Spine Route (The Lodes Way) | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | under construction | Sustrans National Trust | March 2010 | 2013 | £2 | |
| Yaxley to Farcet Cycleway | Cycle | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambgridgeshire County Council | | | | |
| Brightlingsea to Alresford | Cycle | Essex | reserve proposal | Sustrans | | | | |
| West Horndon to Brentwood, the A127 barrier | Cycle | Essex | reserve proposal | Sustrans | | | | |
| Cheshunt, crossing the A10 to reach the Lee Valley | Cycle | Hertfordshire | cancelled | Sustrans | | | £1.7 | |
| Royston railway crossing | Cycle | Hertfordshire | cancelled | Sustrans | | | £3.25 | |
| Norwich, connections to Whitlingham Country Park | Cycle | Norfolk | cancelled | Sustrans | | | £0.9 | |
| Watton and Griston Link | Cycle | Norfolk | cancelled | Sustrans | | | £0.25 | |
| East West Rail | Rail | Bedford Cambridgeshire Central Bedfordshire Essex Hertfordshire Norfolk Suffolk | aspiration | East-West Rail Consortium | | | £530 | Rail link connecting the East of England to Southampton and Bristol via Oxford. Oxford-Bedford in place or funded, Bedford-Cambridge "promised". |
| Thameslink Programme | Rail | Greater London Hertfordshire Luton | under construction | Network Rail | October 2007 | 2015 | £5,500 | |
| Chesterton Interchange | Rail | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | March 2010 | April 2011 | £48.1 | |
| Hitchin junction development | Rail | Cambridgeshire | underway | Network Rail | 2011 | 2014 | £62.6 | |
| Springfield Railway Station, Chelmsford | Rail | Essex | cancelled | Chelmsford Borough Council | | 2015 earliest | £45 + | |
| Route 5 – Power supply enhancements | Rail | Cambridgeshire Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2011 | 2012 | | |
| West Anglia outer 12-coach trains | Rail | Cambridgeshire Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2010 | 2011 | | involving platform extensions and a new platform at Cambridge |
| Route 6 – Power supply enhancements | Rail | Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2011 | 2012 | | |
| 12-car capability on the Tilbury Loop and Ockendon Branch | Rail | Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2011 | 2011 | | involving platform extensions |
| Crossrail | Rail | Essex | under construction | Transport for London, Department for Transport | 2009 | 2017 | £15,900 | Includes possible works to Brentwood and Shenfield stations |
| Route 7 – Power supply enhancements | Rail | Essex | cancelled | Network Rail | 2011 | 2012 | | |
| Croxley Rail Link | Rail | Hertfordshire | Pre-qualification pool | Hertfordshire County Council | 2014-17 | | £162 | |
| Felixstowe to Nuneaton freight capacity scheme | Rail | Suffolk | cancelled | Network Rail | mid-2009 | 2014 | £291 | |
| A1 Sandy/Beeston Bypass | Road | Central Bedfordshire | aspiration | Highways Agency | 2016 | | £67 | |
| A421 Improvements (M1 Junction 13 to Kingston, Milton Keynes) | Road | Central Bedfordshire Milton Keynes | under construction | Bedfordshire | | | £28 | |
| M1 Junction 10A | Road | Luton | Luton Borough Council | cancelled | | | | |
| Luton East Circular Road | Road | Luton | Luton Borough Council | aspiration | | | | |
| A421 Bedford to M1 Junction 13 | Road | Bedford Central Bedfordshire | complete | Highways Agency | October 2008 | late 2010 | £33 | |
| A5120 Flitwick–Westoning Bypass | Road | Central Bedfordshire | aspiration | Central Bedfordshire Council | 2013/14 | 2015/16 | £35 | |
| Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway | Waterway | Central Bedfordshire | aspiration | British Waterways | 2009 | 2015 | £170 | Underbridge included in [completed] Bedford bypass construction programme. As of March 2018, no works in progress. |
| Dunstable Northern Bypass (A5-M1 Link) | Road | Central Bedfordshire | complete | Highways Agency | 2016/17 | | ? | |
| Luton Northern Bypass | Road | Luton | cancelled | Luton Borough Council | | before 2016 | £95 | |
| M1 Hard shoulder running (J10-13) | Road | Luton Central Bedfordshire | under construction | Highways Agency | 2009 | 2013 | £326 - 503 | |
| A142 Ely Southern Bypass | Road | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | 2009 | 2011 | £15 | |
| Northstowe Access Link Roads | Road | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | | | £30 | |
| Mill Road Accident Remedial Scheme | Road | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | | | | |
| (J28) A12 New Junction at Cuckoo Farm, Colchester | Road | Essex | under construction | Colchester Borough Council | Dec 2009 | 2011 | £25 | |
| Northern Approaches Road, (Colchester) | Road | Essex | cancelled | Colchester Borough Council | | 2012 | | LTT 4 Dec 2009, page 17. |
| A13/A130 Sadlers Farm Junction | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | Early 2010 | Late 2012 | £63 | |
| A120 Braintree to Marks Tey | Road | Essex | withdrawn | Highways Agency | | | £500 | |
| Chelmer Viaduct | Road | Essex | cancelled | Chelmsford Borough Council | 2011 | | £5 | |
| Army and Navy Junction Improvements | Road | Essex | cancelled | Chelmsford Borough Council | 2016 | | £25-40 | |
| A120 Hare Green to Harwich | Road | Essex | cancelled | Highways Agency | before 2016 | | | |
| A127 Basildon Enterprise Corridor | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | May 2009 | March 2011 | £14.7 | |
| A414 from M11 Junction 7 to Southern Way, Harlow | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | 2010 | March 2011 | £9.9 | |
| Chelmsford North East Bypass | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | 2014–2016 | | £229 - 262 | |
| Colchester Central Corridor (A133) | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | | | | |
| Lower Thames Crossing | Road | Essex | aspiration | Department for Transport | | | | |
| Roscommon Way Extension | Road | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | May 2010 | Spring 2011 | £12.1 | |
| M11 Junctions 6 to 8 Improvements | Road | Essex | withdrawn | Highways Agency | | | £698 | |
| M11 and A120 Stansted Generation 2 Airport Access | Road | Essex | suspended | Highways Agency | | | £131 | |
| M25 Jct 23 to 27 Widening | Road | Essex Hertfordshire | approved | Highways Agency | 2012 | 2015/16 | | |
| M25 Jct 5 to 6/7 Widening | Road | Essex Hertfordshire | approved | Highways Agency | 2012 | 2015/16 | | |
| M25 Junction 30 Improvement | Road | Essex | delayed | Highways Agency | 2014/2015 | | | |
| A602 Corridor Improvements | Road | Hertfordshire | cancelled | Hertfordshire County Council | | | £14.3 - 15.8 | |
| Watford Junction Station Area Improvements | Road | Hertfordshire | Pre-qualification pool | Hertfordshire County Council | | | £17.7 | |
| A11 Fiveways to Thetford Improvement Scheme | Road | Norfolk | approved | Highways Agency | 2010 | 2013 | £113 - 157 | |
| A47 Acle Straight | Road | Norfolk | cancelled | Highways Agency | | | | |
| A47 Blofield to North Burlingham Dualling | Road | Norfolk | cancelled | Highways Agency | 2011–2012 | | £37.5 | |
| A47 to A1067 Link Road | Road | Norfolk | aspiration | Norfolk County Council | | | | |
| A140 Long Stratton Bypass | Road | Norfolk | aspiration | Norfolk County Council | | | | |
| Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing | Road | Norfolk | cancelled | Norfolk County Council | 2013 | 2015 | £80 - 180 | New bridge or tunnel |
| Norwich Northern Distributor Road | Road | Norfolk | Completed | Norfolk County Council | 2016 | 2018 | £90.7 | |
| A14 Copdock interchange (J55) | Road | Suffolk | cancelled | Suffolk County Council | | | | |
| A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton | Road | Suffolk | cancelled | Highways Agency | 2012 | Winter 2015/2016 | £1,300 | |
| A12 Improvements at Farnham, Stratford, Glenham and Marlesford | Road | Suffolk | aspiration | Suffolk County Council | | 2025 | | |
| B1115 Stowmarket Relief Road | Road | Suffolk | under construction | Suffolk County Council | June 2008 | Spring 2010 | £21 | |
| Beccles Southern Link Road | Road | Suffolk | aspiration | Suffolk County Council | | | £3.5 | |
| Beccles loop | Rail | Suffolk | proposal | Network Rail | | | £0.5 - 4 | |
| Ipswich Wet Dock Crossing | Road | Suffolk | proposal | Ipswich Borough Council | | 2018 | £28 | |
| Ipswich Northern Bypass | Road | Suffolk | proposal | Ipswich Borough Council | 2016 Earliest | | £90 | |
| East Bank Link Road | Road | Suffolk | aspiration | Ipswich Borough Council | | | | |
| Duke Street Junction Improvements | Multi-modal | Suffolk | Suffolk County Council | | | | |
| North Lowestoft Access Project | Road | Suffolk | aspiration | Suffolk County council | | | | |
| Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour | Sea | Norfolk | under construction | EastPort UK | June 2007 | | £75 | Container port with proposed ferry routes |
| Felixstowe South | Sea | Suffolk | under construction | Port of Felixstowe | May 2008 | 2014 | | new container ship terminal |
| Bathside Bay | Sea | Essex | cancelled | Harwich International Port | | | £300 | new container ship terminal |
| London Gateway | Sea | Essex | Under construction | DP World | 2008 | 2011 | £1,500 | New container port |
| Cambridgeshire TIF bid | Multi-modal | Cambridgeshire | cancelled | Cambridgeshire County Council | | | £500 | |
| King's Lynn South Transport Major Scheme | Multi-modal | Norfolk | proposal | Norfolk County Council | mid-2009 | 2011 | £7 | |
| Ipswich - Transport Fit for the 21st Century | Multi-modal | Suffolk | Approved | Suffolk County Council | 2012 | 2014 | £25 | |
| Harlow First Avenue Multi-modal corridor | Multi-modal | Essex | cancelled | Essex County Council | April 2009 | February 2010 | £4.4 | |