Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to WPQ 34819, if she will publish analysis on the journey time savings and impacts of the interventions on road safety which the department has made to date regarding the proposed Growth Corridor scheme for the A127.

The Major Road Network/Large Local Majors (MRN/LLM) Programme Review considered those 40 or so schemes that had not reached the Outline Business Case stage, despite being in the Programme for over six years. This included the A127 Corridor for Growth scheme, promoted by Essex County Council.

The A127 scheme is at an early stage of development and the Outline Business Case for this scheme was not due to be submitted to the department for consideration until spring 2028. As a result, the detailed modelling and analysis which would normally support an Outline Business Case and would help identify journey time savings and potential impacts of proposed interventions on road safety have not been shared with the department.