TPS has submitted a reponse to the DfT Consultation on the  creation of a Major Road Network. In it  TPS  raises concerns that the proposals for the MRN will have the effect of prioritising inter-urban road improvements over wider intra-urban transport needs, exacerbating these problems.  In addition to any such redirection of central funding, we see a risk that local authorities will be incentivised to spend more of their own funds on the MRN (given the attraction of Government support) than on the same roads now, leaving reduced levels of funding for purely local schemes.

 To read the response go to TPS response to DfT MRN c...nsultation.pdf