This week, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has revealed a three-phase plan to bring rail services and stations into the Bee Network by 2028.
In other transport news, The Business Desk reports Northern has invited manufacturers to discuss supplying up to 450 new trains and Network Rail has launched a consultation on plans to upgrade Oxford Road Station.
Business Live reports that a new 426-home tower with shared penthouse and winter garden is planned for Salford and work on a bypass designed to ease traffic congestion between Manchester and Sheffield could finally start decades after it was first proposed.
Greater Manchester has been named as one of the government’s priority regions for the Creative Industries at the Creative Industries Growth Summit.
Manchester City Council is being asked to approve a proposal for the regeneration of Holt Town, which will see 74 acres of brownfield land turned into a new 'woodland town' with 4,500 sustainable homes.
Marketing Stockport has news of plans for a £70 million development that would bring 245 new homes to Stockport town centre and reports Stockport creative businesses are being invited to advise a local college on skills needs.