Grant Shapps said Britain's infrastructure 'is not built to stand 40 degree heat' but the UK will see 'much more' extreme weather in the future
Britain's infrastructure "is not built to stand 40 degree heat" but the UK will see "much more" of these temperatures in the years to come, the Transport Secretary has said.Speaking to Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, Grant Shapps said the whole of Europe is struggling to cope with the unprecedented heat as the UK's transport industry grinds to a halt on what is set to be the hottest day on record.
Speaking about the transport chaos caused by the latest heatwave Mr Shapps said: "Well actually I've been talking to my colleagues across the continent and everyone has been having significant issues. "Obviously in the UK today we are probably going to have the hottest ever recorded temperature and put simply our rail infrastructure, or transport infrastructure in fact the countries infrastructure is not built to stand 40 degree heat.
"Because we haven't seen it before and we clearly are going to need to make sure that that kind of with standard of infrastructure is put in for the future because we're going to see more of this happening by all accounts."🚧 The East Coast Main Line will be closed on Tuesday 19 July from 12:00 to 20:00 for your safety.⚠️ We are warning you not to travel this Tuesday:
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