Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of progress on the planned improvements to the Chowns Mill roundabout.

We have completed a number of technical surveys and are carrying out preliminary design activities for the project. A public engagement event to seek views and opinions from local residents and businesses is planned for Autumn/Winter 2016. We anticipate that works will start in late 2019. At this very early stage of planning the project, we expect the construction phase to last around 18 months.