UK reveals major road investment plans

The UK has major plans to invest in road infrastructure. In all some 1,440 lane km of road capacity will be added to the strategic highway network of England and Wales by 2021. This boost comes from an investment of €30.565 billion (£24 billion), the biggest since the 1970s – which will see annual funding for improvements to motorways and major A roads triple over the next 6 years.
September 5, 2014 Read time: 1 min

The UK has major plans to invest in road infrastructure. In all some 1,440 lane km of road capacity will be added to the strategic highway network of England and Wales by 2021. This boost comes from an investment of €30.565 billion (£24 billion), the biggest since the 1970s – which will see annual funding for improvements to motorways and major A roads triple over the next 6 years. Investment includes more than €11.345 billion (£9 billion) on maintenance, €7.564 billion (£6 billion) of which will be spent on resurfacing 5,000km of the strategic road network. This forms part of a long-term economic plan intended to deliver around 35% more capacity on UK roads than was delivered in the nine years up to 2010. The UK Government will triple investment in major roads to over €3.782 billion (£3 billion)/year up to 2021.

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