Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the completion date of the M60/M62/M66 Simister Island Interchange RP2 project.

The schemes in question are in different stages as follows:

Four schemes have been completed and are open to traffic.

The following three schemes are in construction and expected completion dates as follows:

As the Chancellor informed Parliament on 29 July, an internal review of the Department’s capital spend portfolio has been commissioned. The primary aim of the review is to provide strategic advice to the Secretary of State, which may in turn inform decisions on specific projects as part of the multiyear Spending Review. Schemes below are subject to this review and therefore we cannot give any assurances around delivery of these schemes until the Spending Review concludes.

Finally, the A5036 Princess Way scheme was cancelled in the Autumn Budget 2024.