This morning I met Stuart McNaughton from NCC with Pete Myers from Northern to discuss progress. We are still waiting for the County Council to commission the GRIP 3 study from Network Rail. I was delighted to hear once again that the new administration at County Hall is fully committed to this scheme and it remains a high priority. Stuart gave me an update as to what has been going on and what is expected to happen soon. Although progress is frustratingly slow I do recognise that Stuart has a difficult job to do in challenging some of the costs Network Rail are coming up with, and how to keep the scheme simple. Hopefully there will be some more news in a month or so’s time
