Transport schemes win £30m boost (BBC News)
 

£30m of grants are awarded to transport projects in the East of England, including plans for a major rail-freight link.

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Why does freight from Felixstowe to Nuneaton have to go via London at the moment ?

The route via London is the only route with a W10 loading gauge capable of taking 9'6" high containers. It joins the bottom part of the WCML which is also cleared for W10.

Where is this link going to be?

Could be

Stowmarket - Bury st Edmunds -March - Peterborough - ????

Don't suppose they will build any new bits, just make the clearances suitable for the bigger containers like they are going to do at Southampton.

I would like to see the proposed route as well.

If I have read the map correctly the proposed route is Felixstowe - Bury St Edmunds - Soham - Ely - March - Peterborough (with further W10 loading gauge enhancement from here via ECML to Leeds) - Melton Mowbray - Leicester - Nuneaton (WCML). In addition to loading gauge enhancement the project also includes some trackwork alterations to allow for longer trains.