HANSARDCommons27 Mar 20254 contributions

Gloucestershire: Eastward Transport Links

Cameron Thomas (Tewkesbury) (LD)
IndependentTewkesbury
13. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of eastward transport links from Gloucestershire.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Lilian Greenwood)
LabourNottingham South
The Department is working with the rail industry to improve the performance of rail services in Gloucestershire, while Gloucestershire county council’s scheme for the M5 junction 9 and A46 in Ashchurch is currently being considered as part of the Department’s major road network and large local majors programmes.
Cameron Thomas
IndependentTewkesbury
The Government recently announced a UK-silicon valley project linking Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes and Cambridge. There was no mention of Gloucestershire, with its burgeoning cyber-tech and engineering sectors. From Gloucestershire, our primary arterial road eastward to Oxfordshire is the A40 and it is woefully inadequate as a single carriageway. Will the Minister meet me to develop improved links eastward from Gloucestershire to the benefit of our neighbours in the east?
Lilian Greenwood
LabourNottingham South
Yes, of course.