Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on transport infrastructure projects in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) Suffolk in each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.

Details on spend for transport infrastructure projects are not available at constituency level nor is there an annual breakdown at county level. However, Suffolk has benefitted from significant Government investment in transport projects over the period 2010-11 to 2015-16.

The Ipswich Chord is a £59m rail link connecting the Port of Felixstowe to the Great Eastern Main Line. The project was completed in 2014. A further £24m has been invested in improvements at Ipswich freight yard, which were completed in 2015. This forms part of a wider portfolio of improvements to rail freight services between the Port of Felixstowe and the West Coast Main Line which will help reduce congestion on the A14.

The A11 widening scheme is a £105m improvement to the A11 between Thetford and Fiveways roundabout, which opened in December 2014. Suffolk CC received a £18.3m Government contribution towards their £21.6m Travel Ipswich scheme in September 2015, an integrated package of sustainable transport measures. In 2011 Suffolk CC also received £5m of Local Sustainable Transport Funding (LSTF) for the Lowestoft Local Links project that will deliver a range of sustainable transport benefits in the town, including cycling & walking and in 2013/14 Suffolk CC was awarded £1.5m via the Cycle Safety Fund.

As part of the July 2014 Local Growth Fund allocation, the New Anglia LEP secured Government funding of £5.7m for the Bury St. Edmunds Eastern Relief Road and £2m for the Beccles Southern Relief Road in Suffolk. In addition, Government provided £4.6m towards the £6.6m Lowestoft Northern Spine Road, completed in March 2015.

Looking to the future, this Government continues to invest in transport infrastructure in Suffolk - at Budget 2016, a £73.4m Government contribution was announced towards the Lowestoft Third Crossing plus £77.5m for the Ipswich Wet Dock Crossing.