Transport Committee - Eighth Report
The major road network

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 March 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Introduction

2 Current road policy

3 The wider transport policy context

4 The current road network

Coverage and capacity

The standard of major roads

Management and maintenance

De-trunking

Strategic oversight

5 Investment and funding

The financial climate

Rates of return and assessment methods

Funding mechanisms

The national level

The regional level

6 Congestion and capacity

Maintenance work and congestion

Cost of congestion

Forecasting traffic growth

To build or not to build

Using the existing road network more effectively

7 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex: Classification of road types

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence
20 May 2009
24 June 2009
8 July 2009
20 July 2009

Written Evidence

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Prepared 30 March 2010