A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England was a response by the United Kingdom Government's

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to '' A New Deal for Transport: Better for everyone'' - a report that reviewed the government's strategic roads programme, based on criteria of accessibility, safety, economy, environment and integration. The recommendations made in the response were: #To move the

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in a new direction. #To create a core network of routes of national importance. #To improve maintenance, use and planning arrangements for trunk roads. #To create dedicated budgets to address

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and

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. #To create a targeted programme of large-scale improvements to the road system.

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