Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve traffic flow and safety on the A1 between London and the A46 at Newark.

In December 2014 the Government published the Road Investment Strategy, which outlines how £15.2 billion will be invested in strategic roads between 2015 and 2021, improving traffic flow and safety across the network.

This is the biggest upgrade to our strategic roads (motorways and major A-roads) in a generation, building on the £9 billion worth of schemes under construction in this Parliament.

The Roads Investment Strategy includes a new scheme that will upgrade the A1(M) between junctions 6 and 8 around Stevenage to three lane Smart Motorways to improve traffic flow.

The Government has also announced that it will undertake a new strategic study to identify and assess options for further investment in the southern section of the A1. This study will look at bringing consistency to the route between the junction with the M25 and Peterborough. In particular, it will look at the case for improving to motorway standard the existing non-motorway section linking the two parts of the A1 (M).