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Lucy Frazer Excerpts

Thursday 16th July 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Not now—we will save the hon. Gentleman up for later.

[Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire) (Con)]

15. What steps his Department is taking to improve the condition of roads.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones)]

Over this Parliament the Government are investing £15.2 billion on upgrading our strategic road network, contributing £6 billion to the local growth fund for local enterprise partnership priorities, including local roads, and just under £6 billion in maintaining our local highways. It is a comprehensive package that will improve the condition of our road network.

[Lucy Frazer]

In the light of the growth around Cambridge, does the Minister agree that it is time to upgrade the A10 north of Cambridge towards Ely?

[Andrew Jones]

The growth around Cambridge is encouraging and I hope that my hon. and learned Friend is encouraged by the fact that the Cambridgeshire schemes in the road investment strategy have a budget of more than £2 billion. The A10 is certainly an important north-south link providing access across Cambridgeshire, but it is for the local highways authority, the county council and the LEP to best decide what upgrades are needed. My hon. and learned Friend is a tenacious campaigner and I am sure they would be extremely wise to listen to her.