Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine scheme.
Good progress has recently been made on the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine scheme.
The planning application for the scheme was accepted by the Planning Inspectorate on 19 July. The examination of the application is due to commence next week and is expected to take six months.
On 13 October National Highways awarded contracts to the four contractors helping to develop the scheme.