Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to widen to three lanes the remaining two-lane stretches of the M18 motorway; and if he will make a statement.
National Highways will consider this stretch of the SRN within its South Pennines Route Strategy. The evidence identified through this process will be vital to allow informed decisions to be made on recommendations about future investment priorities, including improvements to the existing network and enhancement choices. We anticipate that National Highways will publish these strategies later in the year.