As the Sub-national Transport Body for the region, England's Economic Heartland is tasked with preparing
the region’s advice to Government in respect of investment priorities for the Major Road Network, along with the Large
Local Major schemes.
Investment priorities for the first five year programme (2020-2025) were submitted in July 2019.
What is the Major Road Network?
The MRN is the country’s busiest and most economically important local authority
‘A’ roads. A specific new funding stream is dedicated to
improvements on MRN roads. The MRN was classified following a Government consultation in 2018.
Approach
In May 2019 EEH's partners submitted scheme proposals for consideration for the first five-
year programme. Following a review process, England's Economic Heartland is submitting 11 schemes to the Department for Transport.
Schemes being proposed are not ranked or in competition with each other, they have
been reviewed on their own individual merits for inclusion in the regional programme.
They will be considered by
the Department for Transport for a funding decision later this year.
Submitted schemes
England's Economic Heartland MRN LLM submission.pdf
For background information see our report to the Strategic Transport Forum in July 2019 (Item 3 MRN and Large Local Majors Programme.pdf)
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