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In international comparisons of our transport infrastructure, Britain performs relatively well. We rank 11th in the world overall, in the top twenty for ground transport and tourism infrastructure, and in the top ten for air transport infrastructure and ICT infrastructure. This helps our outbound travel industry by making the outbound and return legs of our holidays more convenient, and means that inbound foreign visitors rate our airports, roads and rail reasonably generously too. Nonetheless these rankings are lower than our overall position of 6th, meaning they’re dragging down our overall performance.There is extensive investment already taking place in many of our entry ports. For example Heathrow has completed Terminal 5 and expects to renew all the other 4 terminals in the next 4 years in a programme worth £1bn per year. Gatwick is investing £1bn over the next five years and there are plans to improve ports infrastructure across the country. Done properly, these changes should modernise and update Britain’s main ports of entry to create a well-designed and high-quality first and last impression of the UK for every visitor passing through. Nonetheless, there are several areas where our infrastructure is causing concern:
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