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Why is Haughley junction so important?

There have been fresh calls for upgrades to two rail junctions connecting East Anglia.
Campaigning for improvements to the intersections at Ely and Haughley, near Stowmarket, has been ongoing for almost 15 years.
Business leaders have now met with Labour鈥檚 shadow transport secretary to make their case.
The Department for Transport told the 麻豆官网首页入口: 鈥淲e are committed to delivering the upgrades.
鈥淣etwork Rail has developed both schemes to outline business case stage and we will set out next steps soon on further investment for it development and delivery.鈥
麻豆官网首页入口 East political editor Andrew Sinclair explains why these junctions are seen as so important.

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