[4] In its November 2017 the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) released a report calling on the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge 'arc' to be made a 'national priority', with investment in major transport schemes.
[5] The NIC's report, Partnering for Prosperity, said England's Economic Heartland had gained 'recognition at national level', and 'received financial backing from the Department for Transport to advance an ambitious programme of work, including the development of an overarching transport strategy and work to identify and define a major road network across the arc'.
[6] In summer 2017, England's Economic Heartland consulted on becoming a Sub-national Transport Body (STB).
[10] England's Economic Heartland is producing a Transport Strategy for the region which will guide decisions about investment and priorities up to 2050.
In summer 2019 England's Economic Heartland held a period of engagement on its Outline Transport Strategy.