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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Safety is a key imperative of Highways England and so the safety performance of all its roads is under continuous review. Since 2011, safety improvements have been delivered at ten locations on the A19, involving improvements to traffic signals and road markings, provision of additional road capacity to reduce congestion, and improved facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>
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The Road Investment Strategy for 2015-2020, announced three schemes on the A19 for delivery, which are expected to save at least 380 casualties over a 60-year period.<\/p>
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In 2017, the Department for Transport announced a congestion relief scheme to signalise the junction of A19 and A179 at Sheraton to address an existing congestion and safety issue.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-12T12:41:47.107Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "A19: Safety"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review road safety on the A19.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3973", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grahame Morris"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Easington"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Grahame Morris"} ], "uin" : "105114"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/760157", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/760157/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
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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