Road Infrastructure Funding

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at on 5 March 2019.

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Photo of Philip Hammond Philip Hammond The Chancellor of the Exchequer

As my hon. Friend will know, we have funded a study into the Shipley bypass. It is absolutely right that, often, the highest-value road investments can be relatively modest local schemes that relieve pressure and allow town regeneration, the release of housing land and the more efficient operation of local industry. We will have a record-sized fund available through the hypothecation of vehicle excise duty.