YIMBY Pod – formerly The Abundance Agenda
YIMBY Pod – formerly The Abundance Agenda
It's time to tunnel with dynamite
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It's time to tunnel with dynamite

The new bid to build a Manchester to Sheffield tunnel – plus is Andy Burnham on board with abundance?

On YIMBY Pod this week:

  • James and Martin review Andy Burnham’s first policy and personnel moves – and ask whether Britain is really ready for a Northern Prime Minister.

  • Then we speak to Michael Dnes about his big plan to solve one of Britain’s biggest transport bottlenecks… with dynamite.

You can find out more about the proposed Trans-Pennine Connect tunnel here, and on Michael’s fantastic Substack here.

The Centre for Cities report on fiscal devolution in England that Martin mentions is here.

This week James wrote about why he’s worried that Andy Burnham isn’t serious, and offered some broader takes on Burnham’s cabinet here.

Martin’s piece on ‘picky bits’ and national decline is here, and his YouTube channel is here.

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