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Book nowJoin Thames Valley Fellows Breakfast. Discussing the Elizabeth line and it's estimated £42 billion boost in London's economy. It has facilitated over 350 million journeys since 2022, spurred the development of 55,000 new homes, and supported substantial employment growth, with 60% of new jobs within 1km of its stations.
Connecting cities is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities which aims to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
This includes targets like providing access to safe, affordable, and sustainable transport systems for all, enhancing inclusive and sustainable urbanisation, and supporting positive economic, social, and environmental links between urban, peri-urban, and rural areas.
The local Thames Valley ICE branch is hosting a Fellows Breakfast with special guest Mike Reader, Labour MP for Northampton South (APPGInfrastructure), and Matt Rodda MP for Reading East, to engage in a conversation about “Engineering in Government”.
Thames LIDO
Arrival, Coffee and Breakfast
Opening Speech by Mike Reader, MP – Engineering and Government
Speech by Matt Rodda, MP, Reading East
Questions, Open Discussion & Networking
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Infrastructure (APPGI)
Chair
Mike Reader is a civil engineer and since July 2024 has been the Labour MP for Northampton South.
Image credit: UK Parliament (licensed under CC by 3.0)
Host
Stephen is currently a director working independently as a freelance consultant. He was previously a director working with WSP and PBA (Stantec), heading up their development infrastructure businesses in the South of England. He is now managing the design of a number of infrastructure schemes working for private sector clients. He also has extensive experience overseas predominantly within the Middle East. His career spans over 35 years’ experience working mainly in the field of highways, transportation, drainage and infrastructure services working across a wide range of projects both in terms of cost and scale.
He was responsible for training graduates and is currently still a registered mentor, an ICE reviewer and auditor. He was previously vice chair of informing opinion for the ICE South East of England committee and more recently London Region, promoting the public perception of the civil engineer. He is encouraging and reviewing many apprentices on achieving their end point assessments. He is also a judge and member of the James Rennie Medal Panel as well as being a judge for many years of the various categories of regional awards.
Join the ICE East Midlands Lincolnshire Branch to hear about Spalding Western Relief Road and how it is a vital project for commuters and residents of Spalding and the surrounding areas.
Learn all about the History, Heritage and the Future of Rail for the East of England located at Whitwell Station. Join our tour of the newly restored signal box and ride aboard a diesel train on the full-size heritage railway. A buffet will be provided for attendees.
Join ICE President, Professor Jim Hall and the South West Infrastructure Partnership to explore how the region can plan infrastructure strategically to meet people’s needs.
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