Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to invest in upgrades to (a) the M60 and (b) other national highways.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The Department is currently developing the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3), which will span the five-year period from April 2026 to March 2031. The Strategy is scheduled for publication in March 2026 and will outline the funding settlement allocated to National Highways for operating, maintaining, renewing, and enhancing the Strategic Road Network (SRN) during RIS3.
A draft version of the Strategy was published in August, setting out the overall funding envelope and the key objectives that National Highways is expected to achieve. RIS3 will build on the progress made since the first Strategy (RIS1) was introduced in 2015, continuing efforts to:
Deliver a long-term programme of capital renewals for ageing roads and structures
Implement committed enhancement schemes
Advance long-term performance targets
An Interim Settlement is currently in place for National Highways for the 2025–26 financial year.
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