Transport Select Committee: Huw questions effectiveness of Highways England

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This week the Transport Select Committee launched it's inquiry into the funding and management of local roads. Huw asked a panel of experts on their assessment of Highways England - whether the government agency was efficient at its job, whether it prioritised its strategic goals over the maintenance of local roads and whether it had been impacted by the reduction of its budget.

He also asked if local authorities were wasting money through short-term planning; suggesting that they look at long-term cost savings as well as asking whether the Highways Act of 1980, which governs the way the road network operates, needed an overhaul.

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Bexhill and Battle is connected to the rest of the country by two main trunk roads – the A259 (linked to A27) and the A21. Both these roads are managed by National Highways and are almost entirely single carriageway throughout the constituency and the rest of East Sussex. Major road infrastructure improvements are needed in our area if we are to create a safer road network and increase the flow of investment in jobs, businesses and housing in our community.

Statement from Huw Merriman MP

After 9 years as the Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle, I have made the decision not to stand as a candidate at the next election. This means I will also leave my job as Rail Minister on 4 July. I have loved being an MP and I leave with a heavy heart.