Budget 2023: Hunt confirms investment zone cash15/03/2023 Jeremy Hunt has confirmed in the spring budget plans to go ahead with 12 investment zones, each backed by a multi-million-pound injection of cash. |
Hunt backs city regions with £8.8bn fund in Spring Budget15/03/2023 In the Spring Budget, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced £8.8bn for a second round of the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements in a move that buoyed the local sector after recent funding cuts. |
Harper wields hammer blow: SRN, active travel and HS2 all take the hit09/03/2023 In a pre-Budget announcement, the transport secretary unveiled huge cuts and delays to transport schemes, including stalling the Lower Thames Crossing by two years. |
Budget 2020: Mayoral authorities win big in transport11/03/2020 The Government has unveiled £4.2bn for urban transport as part of its spring budget giveaways. |
Transport spending in the budget08/03/2017 Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a major local funding boost to tackle congestion in his first Budget, with a £690m competitive fund for English councils to "get local networks moving". |
North Yorkshire roads set to benefit from £25m funding18/03/2016 The government is providing an extra £25.6 million to help maintain and repair roads in north Yorkshire. |
Britain’s bridges feeling the strain18/11/2015 Almost 2,400 council-maintained road bridges in Great Britain are sub-standard, according to RAC research. |
Fixing Surrey’s roads would cost £300m17/11/2015 Fixing all of Surrey’s roads today would cost nearly £300 million, the county council has revealed. |
Chancellor announces new Roads Fund08/07/2015 Money raised from vehicle excise duty will be spent on roads, Chancellor George Osborne has announced in his first Conservative Budget. |
Budget 2015: Osborne reveals transport strategies18/03/2015 Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the government will publish a comprehensive transport strategy for the North. |
Osborne announces £200m funding to fix potholes19/03/2014 Chancellor George Osborne confirmed an extra £200 million pot to help councils repair potholes in his 2014 budget with local authorities invited to bid for funding. |
Delivery of infrastructure promises is key03/03/2014 Transport infrastructure group Britpave has called on Chancellor George Osborne to use his forthcoming Budget to focus on addressing the transport needs of the UK. |
LGA warning over highways budget cuts09/05/2013 Councils’ could see their highways and transport budgets slashed if significant new cuts to local government are made in the 2015/16 public spending round. |
Disappointing budget for highways20/03/2013 Maintenance contractors were left disappointed by George Osborne's budget which contained no specific measures to boost the industry. |
Budget green light for new £56m road22/03/2012 Chancellor George Osborne confirmed the provision of £56m in his Budget to support construction of the Bexhill to Hastings link road. |
ICE in Budget call for more roads23/02/2012 Leaders of the Institution of Civil Engineers are urging the Government to use next month's Budget to push through new road spending under the National Infrastructure Plan. |
Comment: The Highways Act (Amendment) Bill - reasonable versus possible
DfT calls on Treasury to bring Network North cash forward
