Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether local highway authorities may propose phased or deferred delivery timetables for proposed Structures Fund schemes where concurrent strategic infrastructure works would otherwise create significant cumulative disruption on the local road network.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

There is no specified date for the commencement of schemes funded through the Structures Fund. However, the Department intends for all funded schemes to be completed and reopened to traffic by 31 March 2030.

The Department will assess proposed schemes in alignment with the Green Book’s 5-case model. Local highway authorities are expected to engage with local and regional stakeholders and set out the level of support from them when putting schemes forward for investment. Letters of endorsement from neighbouring highway authorities and where relevant Network Rail, National Highways and the combined authority, are encouraged. The Department will take account of these views when making funding decisions, including when these relate to the cumulative impacts of infrastructure schemes in the same area.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the assessment of Structures Fund bids includes consideration of cumulative traffic impacts, emergency diversion routes, and wider network resilience during concurrent infrastructure works.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

There is no specified date for the commencement of schemes funded through the Structures Fund. However, the Department intends for all funded schemes to be completed and reopened to traffic by 31 March 2030.

The Department will assess proposed schemes in alignment with the Green Book’s 5-case model. Local highway authorities are expected to engage with local and regional stakeholders and set out the level of support from them when putting schemes forward for investment. Letters of endorsement from neighbouring highway authorities and where relevant Network Rail, National Highways and the combined authority, are encouraged. The Department will take account of these views when making funding decisions, including when these relate to the cumulative impacts of infrastructure schemes in the same area.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will assess the interaction of proposed Structures Fund schemes with existing Major Road Network and National Highways programmes affecting the same transport corridor.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

There is no specified date for the commencement of schemes funded through the Structures Fund. However, the Department intends for all funded schemes to be completed and reopened to traffic by 31 March 2030.

The Department will assess proposed schemes in alignment with the Green Book’s 5-case model. Local highway authorities are expected to engage with local and regional stakeholders and set out the level of support from them when putting schemes forward for investment. Letters of endorsement from neighbouring highway authorities and where relevant Network Rail, National Highways and the combined authority, are encouraged. The Department will take account of these views when making funding decisions, including when these relate to the cumulative impacts of infrastructure schemes in the same area.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether schemes supported through the Structures Fund are required to commence by a fixed deadline.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

There is no specified date for the commencement of schemes funded through the Structures Fund. However, the Department intends for all funded schemes to be completed and reopened to traffic by 31 March 2030.

The Department will assess proposed schemes in alignment with the Green Book’s 5-case model. Local highway authorities are expected to engage with local and regional stakeholders and set out the level of support from them when putting schemes forward for investment. Letters of endorsement from neighbouring highway authorities and where relevant Network Rail, National Highways and the combined authority, are encouraged. The Department will take account of these views when making funding decisions, including when these relate to the cumulative impacts of infrastructure schemes in the same area.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department permits local highway authorities to seek alternative funding or delivery mechanisms for critical bridge infrastructure projects where concurrent delivery through the Structures Fund would risk significant disruption to strategic transport routes.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Local highway authorities are not required to utilise the Structures Fund for bridge infrastructure schemes. The Fund is only for those structures where repair or replacement is unaffordable from the local highway authority’s existing budgets and which require repair or replacement now or are likely to before 31 March 2030.

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Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Liam Byrne (Chair); Dan Aldridge; John Cooper; Alison Griffiths;

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Liam Byrne (Chair); Dan Aldridge; John Cooper; Alison Griffiths;

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Liam Byrne (Chair); Dan Aldridge; John Cooper; Alison Griffiths;

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