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Written question asked by Jamie Reed (Labour) on Thursday, 22 October 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 October 2015 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 October 2015 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Cumbria

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment in the road network the Government plans to make in (a) Copeland constituency and (b) Cumbria as part of the Northern Powerhouse initiative.

Answer

The Government is working with Transport for the North to determine future transport investment priorities for the next road and rail investment periods in the North of England. This work builds on the “Northern Powerhouse: one Agenda, One economy, One North” report published in March this year with a further report focussing on investment priorities due in March 2016.


In the meantime, Government is undertaking a Northern Trans-Pennine strategic study to examine the case for improving or dualling one or both of the A66 and A69 between the A1(M) and M6.Improvements to either of these routes would benefit the economy of Cumbria and further help the development of a northern powerhouse.


Government is also providing £7.638m for integrated transport improvements and £75.981m for highways maintenance to Cumbria council for the three years 2015/16 to 2017/18, both of which can be used to invest in the road network in Cumbria and Copeland. Over £8m of Local Growth Funding has been provided to the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership for three local road projects in Kendal, Ulverston and Workington, although none of these are in the Copeland.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
13099
Session
2015-16
Related items
A595
Monday, 2 November 2015
Written questions
House of Commons
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Cumbria Finance Roads
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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