Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government which Highways England road schemes being progressed through Road Investment Strategies 1 and 2 will improve connectivity to major ports in England.

Many of the major schemes in the first Road Investment Strategy either directly or indirectly improve connectivity to major ports in England. Some specific examples are set out below.

• A5036 Port of Liverpool
• A160/A180 Immingham
• A63 Castle Street (Hull)
• M271/A35 Redbridge roundabout upgrade (Southampton)
• M49 Avonmouth

Her Majesty’s Government’s decisions about which road schemes to take foreword in the second Road Investment Strategy will be based on deliverability, affordability and the extent to which they meet the five key aims for the network, which include integration with other transport modes such as ports.