Roads: North of England

(asked on 6th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the six major road schemes in the 2015-2020 Road Investment Strategy that Highways England is pausing, how many of those schemes are in northern England, broken down by NUTS 1 region; and if he will commit to resuming all six of those schemes at a future date.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 14th November 2017

Of the six major road schemes that require further assessment, three schemes are in northern England. One of the schemes is in the North West, and two of the schemes are in the North East.

These schemes have been held for further review and consideration as part of the future Road Investment Strategy planning process.

All schemes in the Road Investment Strategy are kept under review to ensure value for money. It is appropriate to hold schemes that do not present best value for money so that they can be re-examined and other potential solutions explored in order to address particular issues on the network.

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