A12: Repairs and Maintenance

(asked on 2nd March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2026 to Question 107159, whether the decision taken in March 2024 was made by Ministers; and what start date for construction was in place prior to that decision.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 6th March 2026

The decision taken in March 2024 to defer the start of construction on the A12 widening scheme was made by Ministers.

Prior to this decision, the publicly committed start date for construction was 2023/24 but a new start date was being planned.

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