Roads: Construction
(asked on 4th March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the carbon emissions calculation tool data provided by construction companies building roads on behalf of Highways England between August 2015 and 2020; whether that data has been used to inform decisions on infrastructure investment; and if he will make a statement.
In 2019 Highways England published an updated version of their Carbon Tool on the government website. This was updated on the 7th October 2019.
Highways England publishes the total carbon figure from its own activities and those of its supply chain in its annual Performance Monitoring Statement. This is published on the Highways England website.
All strategic road schemes promoted by the Department go through detailed analysis as set out in its Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG), including carbon from users. Such analysis is used in scheme decision making. Embedded carbon is included within scheme appraisal, as it is included in the emissions trading system.