Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 January 2017.
John Hayes
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
12:00,
12 January 2017
The Government recently published three strategic studies into long-standing transport challenges in the north-west and have committed to major investment based on the findings. Highways England’s route strategies —by the way, I set up Highways England on my last visit to the Department—have assessed the performance of the strategic roads network and the pressures it faces. Three strategic studies relate to the north-west. Refreshed versions, drawing on the evidence submitted by local stakeholders last year, will be published, and I think they should be published soon, so let us make it March—we will publish them then.