BBC News - Government announce £401m boost for rail services

Published on the BBC News Website on 27th May 2021 the article takes about the Governments investment in a number of real projects over the coming years. The paragraph about half way discusses very briefly mentioned the EWR project.

"About £69m will pay for the first stage of the Oxford Phase 2 project to improve freight capacity from Southampton into the Midlands and the North "

It is a very short sentence but clearly indicates the requirement from Government to make the s freight route from the South cost to the Midlands.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57246461.