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<p>The Road Investment Strategy provides certainty about road investment ensuring
more efficient operation and faster delivery for the English strategic road network.
It sets out the vision and investment plan for a five year period from 2015 to 2020,
encouraging the supply chain to invest and innovate from the long term certainty that
this provides. Highways England is responsible for delivering the strategy and has
been set a series of demanding targets by Government, which is regularly assessed,
including independent monitoring by the Office of Rail and Road.</p><p>The combination
of the measures will save the taxpayer £1.2 billion in the next 5 years and at least
£2.6 billion over ten years. It also means clearer accountability and greater transparency,
providing better assurance on the investment of public money.</p>
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