Government is calling on the construction industry to get ready for the biggest investment in the UK’s roads since the 1970s.
A £24 billion programme of spending over the next eight years will create 30,000 new jobs across the sector and ensure the UK has a more sustainable road network, said Roads Minister Robert Goodwill.
“Funding certainty is critical to the construction industry in planning for the future. We need to make sure everyone is ready to deliver the massive programme of investment that we need to keep Britain’s roads moving.
“We need to make sure we have the right people and equipment in place to deliver the 53 road schemes in preparation now, plus the generation of improvements over the next seven years.
“If we get this right this will provide road users with a high performing network that can cope with the expected 43% increase in traffic over the coming decades that will help boost economic growth and deliver more efficient roads for motorists.”
A total of £10.7 billion is being spent on the strategic road network improvements up to 2021. Plans to resurface 80% of the strategic network will cost a further £6.1, while local authorities are set to receive £6 billion to tackle potholes on their roads.
Government has locked in the funding for roads so that it cannot be diverted if there is a change in power at the next general election.
Nevertheless, several stakeholder bodies, including the Institution of Civil Engineers, believe an independent commission is required to take charge of road development and upkeep.
Dave the Renegade:
Government is calling on the construction industry to get ready for the biggest investment in the UK’s roads since the 1970s.
A £24 billion programme of spending over the next eight years will create 30,000 new jobs across the sector and ensure the UK has a more sustainable road network, said Roads Minister Robert Goodwill.
“Funding certainty is critical to the construction industry in planning for the future. We need to make sure everyone is ready to deliver the massive programme of investment that we need to keep Britain’s roads moving.
“We need to make sure we have the right people and equipment in place to deliver the 53 road schemes in preparation now, plus the generation of improvements over the next seven years.
“If we get this right this will provide road users with a high performing network that can cope with the expected 43% increase in traffic over the coming decades that will help boost economic growth and deliver more efficient roads for motorists.”
A total of £10.7 billion is being spent on the strategic road network improvements up to 2021. Plans to resurface 80% of the strategic network will cost a further £6.1, while local authorities are set to receive £6 billion to tackle potholes on their roads.
Government has locked in the funding for roads so that it cannot be diverted if there is a change in power at the next general election.
Nevertheless, several stakeholder bodies, including the Institution of Civil Engineers, believe an independent commission is required to take charge of road development and upkeep.
A bit of electioneering bull me-thinks
Which really translates as lets cover the country in loads of houses,roads,airports and railway lines starting with/mainly in the South East.Using borrowed Chinese money that we’ve given them in the first place.Because we’ve got no industry left to employ anyone doing anything else.While even the jobs which the scam does create will involve loads of immigrant labour to keep the wage rates down.
the maoster: Election coming up? Have you noticed they always say that these changes will be implemented in … Which is invariably a date after their term finishes.
I just thought it was me being cynical.
Maybe investment now to fix the bloody potholes and tramlines in the motorways we already have first - IF any of this ever happens which I doubt.
Dave the Renegade:
Government is calling on the construction industry to get ready for the biggest investment in the UK’s roads since the 1970s.
A £24 billion programme of spending over the next eight years will create 30,000 new jobs across the sector and ensure the UK has a more sustainable road network, said Roads Minister Robert Goodwill.
“Funding certainty is critical to the construction industry in planning for the future. We need to make sure everyone is ready to deliver the massive programme of investment that we need to keep Britain’s roads moving.
“We need to make sure we have the right people and equipment in place to deliver the 53 road schemes in preparation now, plus the generation of improvements over the next seven years.
“If we get this right this will provide road users with a high performing network that can cope with the expected 43% increase in traffic over the coming decades that will help boost economic growth and deliver more efficient roads for motorists.”
A total of £10.7 billion is being spent on the strategic road network improvements up to 2021. Plans to resurface 80% of the strategic network will cost a further £6.1, while local authorities are set to receive £6 billion to tackle potholes on their roads.
Government has locked in the funding for roads so that it cannot be diverted if there is a change in power at the next general election.
Nevertheless, several stakeholder bodies, including the Institution of Civil Engineers, believe an independent commission is required to take charge of road development and upkeep.
A bit of electioneering bull me-thinks
It’s not the trunk routes that are the problem. It’s the town and city centres that cause congestion that ends up spilling out on to the slip roads of the otherwise ok trunk road network during rush hour. And there is no way any government is going to knock down swathes of city to provide adequate transport infrastucture. Also, I hope these schemes don’t mean more managed motorways. They look good on paper, but in reality they cause more problems than they solve, especially if the overhead gantries show 50 or 40 mph.
This crew say they’re gonna spend this much.
As soon as the next crew get it it’ll be binned and the blame laid squarely at the door of “the previous government”.
Aye you can tell its coming near an election. Its just a pity the water in the Thames isny a bit deeper it would be nice to see it about 10ft deep through the commons and wash the lot o them down through the barrier and out into the channel. Eddie,
erfguy:
Aye you can tell its coming near an election. Its just a pity the water in the Thames isny a bit deeper it would be nice to see it about 10ft deep through the commons and wash the lot o them down through the barrier and out into the channel. Eddie,
The Thames is already overflowing with enough ■■■■■ as it is!
Need more roads cos the population has grown out of all reason, need more houses to house them, need more roads to serve the warehouses full of Chinese tat where they work, need more roads to serve the new housing estates currently being built on flat land to house even more people arriving.
Is there a theme here.
Anyone wondered where the rainfall will soak away when the whole bloody country is built over.
Remember to vote turkey like for your own Christmas again next year.
spend £24 billion on safe parking with proper facility’s then sort out the roads that way we have places to park when caught in a 3hr delay because someone shot up the arse of someone…
The resurfacing spend, if it happens, cannot come a second too soon. Trunk roads and motorways are riddled with potholes and nobody seems to care. The state road surfaces are in are how you’d expect to find them in a third world country. I drove along the A420 from Swindon to Oxford yesterday and in parts it’s like a ploughed field.
Olog Hai:
The resurfacing spend, if it happens, cannot come a second too soon. Trunk roads and motorways are riddled with potholes and nobody seems to care. The state road surfaces are in are how you’d expect to find them in a third world country. I drove along the A420 from Swindon to Oxford yesterday and in parts it’s like a ploughed field.
Resurfacing is not the answer, the roads need rebuilding to a standard that will last.
Cameron is going to spend all this money on flood schemes etc. Now his government are saying all this money is going to be spent on the roads etc.
By the time they hold all their consultation meetings and have public inquiries the election will be here. Then whoever gets into office will scrap 90% of these so called plans.
