Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 186217 on A316: Speed Limits, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the A316 in the strategic road network to be managed by National Highways.

The Government will shortly make decisions about the Strategic Road Network (SRN) in the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3), which covers the period 2025 to 2030.

National Highways has recently published its Shaping the future of England's strategic roads which summarises evidence and proposals provided to the Department for Transport about the current performance of the SRN, future priorities for the next road period and beyond, as well as the analytical strategy National Highways has adopted.