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<p>The National Infrastructure Strategy set out the government’s plan to transform
the UK’s infrastructure to help level up the country and put the UK on the path to
net zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy announced record levels of
public investment in strategic roads, digital infrastructure and flood defences, alongside
measures to encourage and increase private investment, such as the creation of a new
infrastructure bank for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy includes different kinds
of funding commitment, from individual projects like HS2, to overarching programmes,
such as £5bn for the rollout of gigabit capable broadband. A number of programmes
will be administered by delivery agencies like the Environment Agency and Highways
England who will allocate funding to individual projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Infrastructure
and Projects Authority will publish the next iteration of its annual National Infrastructure
and Construction Pipeline in 2021, as stated in the NIS, and this will list future
planned investments and procurements across infrastructure and construction.</p><p>
</p><p>The National Infrastructure Strategy also included a timeline of upcoming Government
publications which indicated where future action can be expected.</p>
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