CIHT submitted the Comprehensive Spending Review on the 29th of September 2021 and urges the Government to fully recognise in the importance of investing in highways and transportation infrastructure and the services it delivers
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The United Kingdom has a well-developed budgeting structure, which includes a spending review roughly every three years to allocate funds to departments. This gives departments with the assurance they need to plan forward. The Spending Review 2021 will examine the government's priorities across all expenditure categories over a multi-year period.
CIHT submitted the Comprehensive Spending Review on the 29th of September 2021 and urges the Government to fully recognise in the importance of investing in highways and transportation infrastructure and the services it delivers; this is not just critical to economic performance and productivity, but it addresses other key policy areas where it is often not recognised or seen as a barrier. Investing in highways and transport is:
Critical to the delivery of two government imperatives: climate action and levelling up – the sector wants to help and create certainty to deliver effectively. Investing in highways and transportation supports addressing:
Our submission proposes the following areas that government should focus investment on;
CIHT calls for the government to invest in highways and transportation infrastructure and the services it delivers, as it is a critical part to deliver economic resilience post-pandemic.
In our submission we have highlighted key areas that need addressing and these include developing a national transport strategy (NTS), providing certainty for the sector on key projects and programmes, improving the local highway network, supporting a sustainable and healthy transport network, a refocus on road safety, skills and capability, resilient networks and the way we can work with the UK government in these areas to increase economic performance and productivity. CIHT welcomes the publication of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan on Net zero strategy and calls for the urgent need for there to be a genuine plan with clear objectives, specific targets and unambiguous responsibilities, all backed with the necessary powers and resources. Lastly, CIHT would welcome opportunities to work with HM Treasury if further details need clarification or you would like further input from the transport profession into the CSR review process.
If you would like more information or just share your views do contact me at: vassilis.alexakis@ciht.org.uk
Read CIHT's full response here.
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