Elizabeth Truss
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(12 years, 4 months ago)
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Justine Greening
I think that the deal we struck with the hon. Gentleman’s local council is the right one, and one that it signed up to. It enables it to get on with the new crossing, which will provide welcome extra capacity for many people in the area.
Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk) (Con)
The A47 is a vital strategic route from east to west, but in many places it is still single carriageway. Does the Minister agree that it needs to be upgraded to a national strategic route, as it was before the previous Government downgraded it?
Mike Penning
I am very aware of the significance of that road. This is something we are looking at and will continue to look at as we develop plans for future road improvements.