Portsmouth International Port

(asked on 2nd September 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reimbursement mechanism is for the recovery of costs incurred at Portsmouth International Port from preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 9th September 2019

On 30 August, as part of a £30m investment package for ports, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced a targeted £5m fund for Local Resilience Forums (LRF) for traffic management improvements on roads around key maritime ports outside Kent. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum, which includes Portsmouth City Council, is eligible for up to £1.25m from this fund in recognition of the high volume of accompanied freight traffic between Portsmouth International Port and EU ports. The LRF funding could be used for reimbursement of the council’s capital works on local roads, provided that it can demonstrate that the works were undertaken to directly mitigate the potential traffic impacts of a no-deal Brexit.

This funding from DfT is in addition to funding for councils and LRFs provided by MHCLG to support their development of robust Brexit plans and continued preparedness activities.

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