Shaping the future of England's strategic roads

Consultation outcome

Shaping the future of England's strategic roads

From:: Department for Transport and National Highways
Published: 18 May 2023
Last updated: 26 August 2025 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England

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Detail of outcome

The government has responded to shaping the future of England鈥檚 strategic roads consultation. Government has also published the draft third road investment strategy (RIS3), which sets out priorities for the strategic road network in England from 2026 to 2031.聽

A summary of responses to the National Highways Strategic Road Network initial report for RIS3 has also been included in this response.

Original consultation

Summary

Public consultation on National Highways鈥� strategic road network Initial Report.

This consultation ran from
5pm on 18 May 2023 to 11:45pm on 13 July 2023

Consultation description

We are consulting on the set of proposals made in National Highways鈥� Initial Report. The report outlines National Highways鈥�:

view on the current state of the strategic road network (SRN)
potential future needs
proposed priorities for the next road period (RP3), covering the financial years 2025 to 2026 to 2029 to 2030

To respond to this consultation you need to do the following.

Read the consultation document and the analysis document on this web page.
Read the .
Answer our questions about the Initial Report - see the 鈥榃ays to respond鈥� section of this web page for an online questionnaire and other ways to 鈥媠hare your views with us.

Please watch this video, which sets the context for the government鈥檚 third road investment strategy (2025 to 2030):

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