Suffolk County Council has welcomed the Government announcement - which is part of a Department for Transport plan to pump £609 million into highway maintenance in the East of England. £107,590,000 has been ringfenced for Suffolk over the next decade, including £3.4 million in this financial year.
Councillor Paul West, Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for Ipswich, operational highways and flooding, said:
“Today’s news is extremely welcome and will certainly help us to make Suffolk’s road better for everyone.
“We still need to understand the detail in full. But so far, what we know is very positive and will make a significant difference to our road network.”
The funding is part of the Government’s Network North plan, with money redirected from HS2 funding. Transport Secretary Mark Harper MP today set out his £8.3billion national long-term plan to resurface 5,000 miles of roads across the country.
Other projects in the East of England set to benefit from the Network North money includes the transformation of the Ely Junction to give an extra six freight trains per day access to the Port of Felixstowe and upgrades to key roundabouts on the A12, from Seven Hills to Woods Lane. A new dual carriageway section will be built to replace the existing single carriageway bottleneck at Seckford Hall between the B1438 and B1079.
