Policy paper

Network North

A £36 billion plan to improve the transport that people use every day.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Network North: transforming British transport (web version)

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Details

Network North is a new £36 billion plan to improve our country’s transport. 

The funding will be used to change our approach to transport infrastructure in line with 3 priorities. They are to: 

  • drive better connectivity within our towns, suburbs and cities 
  • drive better connectivity between our towns and cities 
  • improve everyday local journeys for people

Network North road improvement schemes

As part of Network North, we are increasing funding for most existing Major Road Network and Large Local Major road schemes. These schemes, subject to successful business case approval, will benefit from an uplift in government contribution from 85% to 100% of their costs at the outline business case (OBC) stage. The increased funding will help ensure the delivery of these road schemes.

North East

  • Tyne Bridge and Central Motorway A167 (M)
  • Blyth Relief Road
  • Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor phase 4

North West

  • Middlewich Eastern Bypass
  • A34 MRN Cheadle – Handforth improvement plan phase 1
  • A500 Dualling
  • A595 Grizebeck Bypass
  • Warrington Western Link Road
  • A582 South Ribble Western Distributor upgrade
  • Kendal Northern Access Route
  • Rocket Junction Liverpool – M62 Junction 4/A58
  • Wigan East West

Yorkshire and the Humber

  • A164/Jock’s Lodge Junction improvement scheme
  • A1237 York Outer Ring Road dualling phase 1
  • Dawson’s Corner Junction and Stanningley Bypass
  • A650 Tong Street, Bradford
  • Shalesmoor Gateway
  • Sheffield City Region Innovation Corridor
  • A1079 improvement scheme, Wilberfoss
  • A1237 YORR dualling phase 2 – Wetherby Road to A19
  • Shipley Eastern Congestion Relief Road

East Midlands

  • A511 Growth Corridor
  • A614/A6097 Corridor scheme
  • North Hykeham Relief Road
  • A509 Isham Bypass
  • Chesterfield – Staveley Regeneration Route
  • A43 Northampton – Kettering phase 3

West Midlands

  • Shrewsbury North Western Relief Road
  • A4123 Birchley Island
  • A426/A4071 Avon Mill/Hunters Lane improvements
  • A454 between Wolverhampton and East Park Gateway

East of England

  • A140 Long Stratton Bypass
  • A127/A130 Fairglen Interchange
  • A12 improvements (formerly A12 East of Ipswich and A12 Woodbridge schemes)
  • A13/A126 East Facing slip roads
  • Army and Navy Sustainable Transport Package, Chelmsford
  • Ely to Cambridge A10 improvement
  • Norwich Western Link
  • A10 West Winch Housing Access Road
  • A1139 University Access
  • A127 Corridor for Growth – route improvements
  • A140-A1120 Earl Stonham
  • A17 Pullover Junction
  • Vauxhall Way improvements phase 1

South East

  • South East Aylesbury Link Road
  • A22 Corridor Package (East Sussex)
  • A259 (King’s Road) Seafront, Highway Structures (‘Arches’) renewal programme
  • A259 Bognor Regis to Littlehampton enhancement
  • North Thanet Link (previously A28 Birchington, Acol and Westgate-on-Sea Relief Road)
  • A326 Waterside improvements
  • A10 Corridor Scheme, Broxbourne
  • A229 Blue Bell Hill improvements
  • A259 South Coast Road Corridor
  • A31 Farnham Corridor
  • Aylesbury Eastern Link
  • City Centre Road, Portsmouth
  • Northam Rail Bridge
  • West Quay Road Realignment, Southampton

South West

  • A350 Chippenham Bypass improvements phases 4 and 5
  • A382 Drumbridges to Newton Abbot
  • A4174 MOD roundabout improvements
  • A350 M4 Junction 17 improvements
  • A350 Melksham Bypass
  • A374/A386/A364 Plymouth MRN phase 1
  • A38 Manadon Interchange
  • A38 North Somerset (formerly Bristol Airport Access)
  • A39 Atlantic Highway (Camelford Bypass)
  • A379 Bridge Road (formerly Exeter Outer Ring Road)
  • M5 Junction 28

Strategic road network schemes

We’re taking forward strategic road projects (subject to business cases for each project), reducing congestion for drivers who use the roads each day and ensuring smoother journeys for drivers and freight. 

The North

  • improving the M6 at Junction 15 between Manchester and Birmingham
  • supporting 2 projects in the Manchester North West Quadrant
  • provide funding to dual the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham

Midlands

  • funding to fix 2 major pinch points on the A5 between Hinckley and Tamworth
  • funding for improvements to the A50/500 corridor between Stoke and Derby

South East

  • A2 Brenley Corner

Scotland

  • improving the A75 between Gretna and Stranraer

Updates to this page

Published 4 October 2023
Last updated 13 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. Four corrections made to the document. See the corrections slip for details.

  2. First published.

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