Richard Threlfall, KPMG’s UK head of infrastructure, building and construction comments on the Government’s announcement to earmark a GBP500m funding pool to help develop local infrastructure across the country:
“We welcome the Government’s announcement of a £500m local infrastructure fund, in particular the government’s intention to allow the funding to leverage private capital.
“This is the model that KPMG developed with the Manchester authorities to create the Greater Manchester £1.5bn Transport Fund, and which we are now seeking to replicate in West Yorkshire.
“However, if the Government is to maintain its fiscal austerity measures then drawing in private capital into infrastructure projects is the only way to plug the ever-widening funding gap.
“The biggest challenge is making this all happen fast. Therefore, the Government needs to create the right conditions for such investment to take place. Hence, a short-term stimulus package would need to be focussed on capital maintenance and driving growth in the housing market.”
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