In response to a question in the House of Commons from Mark Pritchard Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said -' In last year’s Spending Round I provided the Highways Agency with a long-term funding settlement that committed to treble the level of investment in major enhancements to our strategic road network by 2020-21.
This marks the start of the biggest programme of investment in our roads since the 1970’s.
As part of that package I committed to fund the M54 to M6/M6 Toll Link Road subject to finalising options and agreement being reached on developer contributions. The Highways Agency are progressing this work and will update you on its progress in due course.