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New strategy offers no clarity on how Designated Funds will be spent

Chris Ames
02 April 2026
 

RIS 3 will include four new-look National Programmes, described as “a new way of delivering defined outputs” and running alongside existing Designated Funds, which cover some of the same themes, such as safety and the environment.

However, the new strategy appears to ignore advice from National Highways’ regulator that it should set out more clearly what Designated Funds will be spent on.

The National Programmes – Environment, Safety, Small Schemes and a Growth and...

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