Roads: Finance

(asked on 13th May 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of funding is for projects under the road investment strategy (a) 1 and (b) 2, by region.


Answered by
Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 19th May 2025

The level of capital funding invested through the major enhancement projects portfolio during Road Investment Strategy (RIS) 1 and 2 split by region is show in the below table. To note, the spend for the final year of RIS2 (FY2024/25) isn’t reported until summer 2025, therefore the figures for RIS2 only cover the first four years of that period.

Region

RIS1 (2015/16 to 2019/20) (£m)

RIS2 (2020/21 to 2023/24) (£m)

East

1520.5

634.1

Midlands

1408.4

1049.8

North West

893.4

722.3

South East

1669.2

2186.4

South West

135.1

740.1

Yorkshire and North East

784.9

1077.2

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