Steve Brine has welcomed a £150m expansion of the port of Southampton which will create 200 jobs and safeguard around 2000 more.
The major infrastructure project to upgrade container ship had been caught in red tape and held up by a legal challenge by rival dock owners in Felixstowe, but the Marine Management Organisation has now given the go-ahead for expansion work to begin.
Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP Steve Brine joined fellow Hampshire MPs in lobbying the government for a speedy resolution. After hearing the news, he said: "This is very good news for the whole area, including Winchester where there will be positive knock-on effects up the supply chain.
"I said in Parliament when we debated this back in January that in order to get this upgrade in place and not lose another year, which could have been disastrous for the Port of Southampton, we need a prompt decision from Government and thank goodness we now have one."
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You can read the full Westminster Hall debate from Wednesday 18th January here.