Suffolk 2017 ~ Highways

The Conservative County Council has recently renewed the private contract that has handed over control of our highways to a private company that has reduced spending but failed to deliver. The contract has proved to be intensely bureaucratic.

Liberal Democrats will:

• Take back control of the Highways contract unless it delivers an effective road maintenance programme.
• Use £2million from the Tory reserves stockpile to improve our roads. We will fix potholes, maintain pavements and cut the grass verges more quickly.
• Lobby the government for further improvements to the Copdock interchange to eliminate queuing delays and the drag on Suffolk's economy.
• Support the building of the third crossing in Lowestoft and the new wet dock link in Ipswich.