Gallows Corner hangs on for MRN reprieve05/03/2025 Transport for London has set out plans to ‘completely renew and strengthen’ the Gallows Corner flyover, allowing it to continue serving Londoners. |
Labour co-opts MRN schemes into 'Plan for Change'12/02/2025 The Labour Government has approved four long-standing local authority road schemes from the previous administration's National Roads Fund, stating that they are part of its ‘Plan for Change’. |
Council seeks Network North top-up for MRN scheme27/01/2025 Northumberland County Council has agreed to resubmit an outline business case for the £60m Blyth Relief Road to the Department for Transport after a surge in costs. |
York's ring road plans in familiar holding pattern02/10/2024 The £65m York Outer Ring Road dualling project has been further delayed, with both the city council and the Government reviewing the scheme. |
MRN 2 on hold until after election, official suggests09/05/2024 Plans for a second round of Major Road Network (MRN) funding are likely to be shelved until after the general election, a top Department for Transport (DfT) official has suggested. |
Minister approves Stockport's £43m integrated MRN scheme01/12/2023 Stockport's A34 Corridor Improvement Scheme is the latest major road network project to get off the ground, with a full business case approved by roads minister Guy Opperman and work set to begin next February. |
Major road network set for £2.6bn second funding round01/11/2023 A promised £2.6bn for local road upgrades will be in the form of a second round of major road network (MRN) funding, it has emerged. |
Councils await clarity on upgrade top-up cash23/10/2023 Confusion continues to surround the Government’s commitment to top up its contribution to local authority road schemes, with many councils that are facing funding pressures unsure whether their schemes will get extra cash. |
£1.3bn local road upgrade pledge unravels09/10/2023 Doubts have arisen over the Government's pledge that it will deliver 70 local authority road schemes after the Department for Transport declined to confirm that it had the cash to fund the schemes and the Treasury said it could not commit to continuing the National Roads Fund beyond 2025. |
£43m confirmed for latest major road networks scheme30/08/2023 Worcestershire County Council is set to appoint contractors for a new round of upgrades on the A38 Bromsgrove corridor after ministers confirmed £43m from the Major Road Network funding stream. |
Council pleads for bypass cash despite funds gap30/08/2023 Councillors in Norfolk are being asked to take forward plans for a new bypass, despite the scheme facing a funding gap of £16m even if a £50m bid for government support is successful. |
Council tenders £30m bypass despite funds gap05/04/2023 Norfolk County Council has invited bids for a £30m contract to build the Long Stratton Bypass, which has gone significantly over budget. |
DfT allocates £161m to keep traffic flowing06/06/2022 Ministers have committed £160.8m to four major road and bridge schemes on the local road network in England. |
MRN funding for £37m Norfolk bypass28/07/2021 Ministers have allocated £26.2m of major road network (MRN) cash towards the planned A140 Long Stratton Bypass. |
MRN facing safety scrutiny over poor record07/07/2021 A major road safety charity has called for investment in improving the safety of the Major Road Network to be made a ‘clear and urgent priority’, after revealing that it has a fatal and serious crash rate almost five times that of the strategic road network. |
DfT 'levels up' Sussex with £12m MRN scheme07/06/2021 Ministers have awarded nearly £12m of major road network funding to a bypass scheme in the South East, hailing the cash as furthering its ‘levelling up agenda’. |
Devon's A382 scheme gets £38m MRN cash25/05/2021 Devon County Council has confirmed the go-ahead of a £45m road scheme after the Government pledged £38m in major road network (MRN) funding. |
National Roads Fund: Just £426m in two years for local roads01/04/2021 The Department for Transport (DfT) has insisted that it will fund ‘over 50’ local road upgrades during this Parliament from its flagship National Roads Fund (NRF) despite allocating just £426m in two years and funding only eight schemes so far. |
Funding gap as councils wait for upgrade cash news15/12/2020 The Treasury will announce revised funding levels for local road upgrades during next year‘s Spending Review, leaving a significant funding gap as the £12bn Local Growth Fund comes to an end. |
Exclusive: Ministers dump VED pledge and strip local roads of billions30/11/2020 The Government appears to have abandoned its commitment to create a National Roads Fund (NRF) through the hypothecation of vehicle excise duty (VED), undoing a long-standing promise without informing MPs or the public. |
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