Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of funding for new road building projects with the Government's net zero target.

The Department published its Transport Decarbonisation Plan in July 2021, setting transport on the path to net zero by 2050. National Highways’ support this through its own Net Zero Highways Plan which sets out how it will achieve net zero for its own operations by 2030, for road maintenance and construction by 2040, and net zero carbon travel on our roads by 2050.

A net zero Britain will still travel by road in 2050 and investment in Britain’s roads will support a thriving net zero economy.