West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin this week offered her support to a long-term economic growth plan created by the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership. The LEP has written the strategy in consultation with local MPs and has set out a series of short-term aims including the dualling of the Carrington Bridge and the creation of a Worcester Parkway rail connection. Harriett welcomed the proposals and agreed to lobby in Westminster to push for funds to deliver these important projects. Harriett commented: “The Government is looking to invest in so-called ‘spade-ready’ projects to help to improve our national infrastructure and I have urged the LEP to build these into the plan. “The Carrington Road bridge is a vital link which urgently needs improvement and I have already raised this project with the Prime Minister directly. “I also believe that Worcester Parkway, together with improvements to the Cotswold Line increase the number of trains to London and the south-east and will help our local businesses to thrive. “I feel it is a vital long-term aim that the county council and LEP work harder to promote our county to the wider world and make sure that the business community sees what a great place Worcestershire is to live and work.”