article_snippet: Details, included in a strategy by the Highways Agency presented to Parliament, also include new slip roads to make Busy A-roads flow and banning slow moving vehicles such as tractors and bicycles.
article_snippet: The strategy document says: ‘Our ambition for the next 25 years is to revolutionise Our roads.
article_snippet: Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin (pictured) said the Government is 'investing £15billion in the biggest upgrade to England’s strategic roads in a generation' These will be ‘largely or entirely dual carriageway roads’ that are ‘safe, well-built and resilient to delay.
article_snippet: The Highways Agency has presented the Road Investment Strategy to Parliament ahead of The Highways Agency being transformed on April 1 into the new private sector roads operator called Highways England.
article_snippet: Ministers say the new government-owned company marks ‘a step change’ in how England’s roads are maintained and managed and will be responsible for delivering more than £15billion of investment by 2021.
article_snippet: A Department for Transport spokesman said: ‘The move is part of a radical package of road reform that is expected to save the taxpayer at least £2.6billion over the next ten years.
article_snippet: A Department for Transport spokesman added:
article_snippet: Infrastructure is a vital part of this government’s long term economic plan to secure a better future for this country, that is why we are investing £15billion in the biggest upgrade to England’s strategic roads in a generation.
article_snippet: The creation of Highways England will mean better value for money, improved customer satisfaction, more road capacity, improved safety and a better quality of service for millions of people who use the strategic road network every day.
highlights_snippet: DfT says road reform will 'save the taxpayer £2.6bn over next ten years' 