A66 and A303: Construction

(asked on 9th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what the latest cost benefit analysis and business cases are for (1) the Stonehenge road tunnel, and (2) the A66 road improvement between Scotch Corner and the M6; and what assessment they have made as to whether these works demonstrate good value for money.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 20th January 2023

The A303 Stonehenge project is being redetermined by the Secretary of State for Transport following an Order of the High Court made on 30 July 2021, the decision dated 12 November 2020, to grant development consent for the application by National Highways (formerly Highways England) was quashed. Further details on the re-determination process are published on the project page on the Planning Inspectorate’s website. As this is a live planning application, the Department for Transport cannot comment further on the application.

The A66 Trans-Pennine project is at outline business case (OBC) stage and is currently under Development Consent Order examination. The OBC gives a BCR of 0.9, which does not include the benefits of further work to develop and refine the project. As this is a live planning application, the Department for Transport cannot comment further on the application.

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