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Highways England: Carbon Emissions

Commons · Question 26899 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 5 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse for Highways England to decarbonise (a) internal operations by 2030, (b) road maintenance and construction by 2040, and (c) travel on roads

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 5 Feb 2025

The draft third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3), which will cover five years from April 2026 to March 2031, will be published in due course. This will set out the Government’s objectives for the Strategic Road Network and the funding available. This inclu...