Source · Select Committees · Transport Committee
Recommendation 1
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Subject to devolved responsibilities, the National Infrastructure Strategy’s top-level objectives of supporting the UK economy...
Conclusion
Subject to devolved responsibilities, the National Infrastructure Strategy’s top-level objectives of supporting the UK economy after coronavirus, addressing regional inequalities and facilitating adaptation to climate change are welcome. However, the Government is yet to articulate the detail on how it will achieve those objectives.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The Government partially agrees with this recommendation. As other programme and mode-specific publications will cover this ground, we do not plan to publish a single delivery plan for the transport infrastructure commitments in the National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS). The Government has already published its Transport Decarbonisation Plan, which sets out the pathway to net zero transport in the UK. We will soon publish a Levelling Up White Paper, and the Integrated Rail Plan, which will ensure that Phase 2b of High Speed 2, Northern Powerhouse Rail and other planned rail investments in the North and Midlands are scoped and delivered in an integrated way. Over the next 12 months we will also publish the Union Connectivity Review and an electric vehicle charging infrastructure strategy. The Government has also set out transport spending plans for the next three years in the 2021 Spending Review. Taken together, these documents will set out how transport infrastructure will contribute to the Government’s ambitions to level up and unite the country, decarbonise the economy, and support the recovery from COVID-19.