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MP▸ Geoffrey Cox has posted the letter he and Jamie Hulland of Devon County Council have received from Rail Minister Huw Merriman confirming that the Government will fund reopening to Tavistock to delivery (ie completion) subject to future updates to the project business case.
Given the Government list generally seems now only to be "illustrative", we're lucky that Tavistock is being taken forward so positively.
I don't know the amount of money involved - think it could be £120m or so - which, while a lot generally, is not a massive sum to the Government so given the go ahead, whatever happens at the election when it comes, it looks very hopeful now that we will all one day be able to go over Shillamill Viaduct in a train (again - for those of you who did pre 1968).
Here's the post
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