Roads

2.3  The Government is:

•  taking forward immediate investment on the A14 to reduce congestion and increase resilience including junction improvements;

•  funding the A14 Kettering bypass between Junctions 7 and 9;

•  funding the A45/46 Tollbar End improvement scheme;

•  improving access to Manchester Airport by building a new dual carriageway road linking the M56 at Manchester Airport to the A6 south of Stockport;

•  investing in A453 widening between Nottingham, the M1 and East Midlands airport;

•  taking forward two new managed motorway schemes on the M3 in Surrey and on the M6 along part of the route between Birmingham and Manchester;

•  accelerating the current major projects planned on the M25 (Junctions 23-27) and the M1 (Junctions 39-42);

•  writing down debt on the Humber Bridge to halve the tolls for cars;

•  investing in major road improvements on the M1/M6 Junction 19; and

•  providing additional funding for a Road Pinch Point Fund to ease local bottlenecks and improve safety and road layout.