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<p>The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) currently operates in shadow form,
and the Government is consulting on its governance, structure and operation. The NIC
has a mandate to examine the country's most pressing infrastructure challenges across
all sectors of economic infrastructure – including energy, transport (roads, rail,
ports and airports), water and sewage, waste, flood defences, and digital communications.
There has not yet been decision on future studies to be undertaken by the NIC.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government remains committed to investment in railway links between London
and the South West, regardless of whether a study is undertaken by the NIC. This is
an unprecedented investment in rail infrastructure in the South West, totalling over
£400m. This includes; resignalling the mainline from Totnes to Penzance, developing
a strategic freight network, electrifying the Great Western Main Line, refurbishing
the Cornwall sleeper, £35m to repair the tracks at Dawlish, a brand new station at
Newcourt and another planned at Marsh Barton and 29 new AT300 trains.</p>
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