Fifty500 Midlands Growth Corridor: Impact summary – Net Zero Go
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Fifty500 Midlands Growth Corridor: Impact summary

Overview of the Fifty500 Growth Corridor investment prospectus, assessing economic impacts, growth scenarios, and investment opportunities across the A50/A500 corridor.

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Building the business case Capability and skills Economic case Funding and financing Stakeholders Highway infrastructure Industrial decarbonisation Transport decarbonisation

Net Zero Go says:

This document sets out a major Net Zero growth opportunity along the A50/A500, with six investment propositions covering road-to-rail freight, smart factories, zero-emission innovation, supplier parks, and industrial energy. It estimates that £1.6 billion of investment could generate £29 billion of economic value and create or safeguard 26,000 jobs by 2070.

For local authorities, the value is clear: stronger business cases, cleaner transport, local energy security, higher-value skills, and coordinated public-private investment. The next step is building Green Book-compliant cases and a prioritised project pipeline.

Fifty500 Midlands Growth Corridor: Impact summary

The Fifty500 Growth Corridor is a major investment proposition spanning the A50/A500 corridor across the Midlands. This report provides an economic assessment of the programme and explores how coordinated investment could unlock private-sector growth, strengthen advanced manufacturing, accelerate clean energy deployment, and support economic decarbonisation.

The study considers six investment propositions:

  • Road-to-rail transition
  • Smart factories
  • Zero-emission Innovation Valley
  • Innovation factories
  • Regional supplier park
  • Midlands Industrial Energy Plan

The assessment identifies the potential for significant economic benefits, including job creation and safeguarding, increased gross value added (GVA), carbon reduction, and long-term productivity gains. It demonstrates how the corridor could support the UK’s industrial strategy priorities, including clean energy, advanced manufacturing, innovation, skills development, and economic growth.

The report also outlines stakeholder engagement undertaken with local authorities, regional organisations, businesses, and academic institutions, and sets out recommendations for future business case development and investment planning.

Who is this for?

This report provides evidence and analysis to support strategic economic development, industrial decarbonisation, and clean growth initiatives. It may be particularly useful for organisations developing investment propositions, growth corridor strategies, business cases, energy infrastructure programmes, and advanced manufacturing initiatives.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © MNZH. You may use this content (including commercially) under the Open Government Licence v3.0, provided you credit MNZH and include the licence link.

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