Roads: Capital Investment

(asked on 21st November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many major trunk and motorway road investment schemes were announced between 2005 and 2015.


Answered by
 Portrait
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 5th December 2016

A total of 126 new schemes were announced between 2005 and 2015, comprising:

  • 9 schemes announced by Labour between 2005 and 2010;
  • 117 schemes announced by the Coalition between 2010 and 2015, comprising:

o 10 schemes announced at SR2010 (note – the two other SR2010 schemes, A23 Handcross and A11 Fiveways, were entered into the Roads Programme in 2004 and 2000 respectively)

o 6 schemes at AS2011

o 5 schemes at AS2012

o 27 schemes at SR2013 and the December 2013 National Infrastructure Plan update

o 69 schemes at AS2014 and the announcement of the Roads Investment Strategy (RiS1)

In addition, a further 15 schemes were announced in the Roads Investment Strategy in 2014 for development so they are ready to start construction in the second road period (after 2019/20).

Of the 126 schemes, HM Government contracts have been awarded for:

  • Labour schemes - 8 of the 9, with the remaining scheme (A21 Baldslow junction) being cancelled at SR2010;
  • SR2010 schemes – All 10;
  • AS2011 schemes – All 6;
  • AS2012 schemes – 4 of the 5, with the remaining AS2012 scheme (A30 Temple to Carblake) being delivered by Cornwall County Council and so it isn’t Highways England that has let a contract;
  • SR2013 schemes – 16 contracts (including one scheme split into two contracts), with 11 still to be awarded. The remaining SR2013 scheme – A50 Uttoxeter – is being delivered by Staffordshire County Council and so it isn’t Highways England that has let a contract;
  • AS14 / RiS1 schemes - Taking account of some of these schemes subsequently being merged for delivery, the 69 schemes comprise 64 schemes for contract award and delivery. Two of these schemes – A43 Abthorpe and M5 jns 5 to 7 – have had works start but no separate contract has been awarded since both schemes are being delivered through an existing contract with the respective Delivery Partner. None of the remaining 62 schemes have yet had contracts awarded.

The attached Appendix 1 details the start and completion dates.

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