Highways England are building projects in ways designed to minimise environmental impacts now and leave a positive legacy for the future. Individual road scheme budgets are set so that schemes can mitigate their impact on biodiversity, and seek opportunities for enhancement, while achieving value for money.<\/p>
The Road Investment Strategy also includes a ring-fenced environment fund of £300 million between 2015 to 2020, which includes funds for biodiversity.<\/p>
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Volkswagen UK provided the Department with the following figures for the number of \u2018fixes\u2019 that have been applied to the affected UK vehicles, across the Group:<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> Number of vehicles reported \u2018fixed\u2019 on:<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 17 August 2017<\/p><\/td> 7 September 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Audi<\/p><\/td> 273,483<\/p><\/td> 277,388<\/p><\/td><\/tr> SEAT<\/p><\/td> 42,871<\/p><\/td> 43,674<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Skoda<\/p><\/td> 58,807<\/p><\/td> 62,763<\/p><\/td><\/tr> VW commercial vehicles<\/p><\/td> 37,599<\/p><\/td> 38,467<\/p><\/td><\/tr> VW passenger cars<\/p><\/td> 351,203<\/p><\/td> 355,208<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/p><\/td> 763,963<\/p><\/td> 777,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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