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Roads Spending Programme

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 12 September 2013.

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Photo of Stephen Hammond Stephen Hammond The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) 9:30, 12 September 2013

The development of route-based strategies by the Highways Agency will provide much smarter investment planning for the strategic road network. On 20 August, the Government announced that the Department would undertake a feasibility study on the A47 to identify ways to improve performance and support economic growth in East Anglia. I of course look forward to visiting my hon. Friend’s Constituency and the A47 on Monday.

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