1. Current and future investment priorities for the south east
Adam Simmons, Future RIS Divisional Director
Strategy and Planning
8 May 2018

2. RIS1 set out an ambitious programme for the South East
29 major schemes
£2.2 billion invested this Road Period
Upgrades around 10 out of 31 junctions on M25
New smart technology on M25, M1, M3, M4, M20, M23, M27 and A1(M)
Tackling hotspots on the South Coast A27

3. Our current projects

4. Strategic thinking for the future

5. 9 key trends will shape the future of the SRN

6. Other infrastructure projects (eg. HS2)
Strategic planning for Road Period 2 ( )
Research
Decision
Mobilise
Strategic Studies
Strategic Road Network Initial Report
Develop RIS2
Road Investment Strategy
Delivery Plan
The Road to Growth
Route Strategies
Develop SBP
Public Consultation
Input from:
Maintenance
Operations
Capital Maintenance
Innovation
Small schemes
Strategic Business Plan
Efficiency Review
Other infrastructure projects (eg. HS2)
Highways England led
DfT led
ORR led

7. The SRN IR sets out our priorities for the SRN
Focusing on operations, maintenance and renewals
Next generation of transformational schemes – A303, LTC, OxCam
Building the Smart Motorway spine of the network
Accelerating the rollout of expressways
A balanced programme, with a renewed focus on small schemes
Refined designated funds
Laying a foundation for the future

8. Modal Integration
Our regional spatial planning teams work extensively with local planning departments across the country to reduce road reliance and manage the travel demand created by new development.
We also have a relatively new and deeper relationship going with Network Rail – meeting regularly and have identified quite a programme of things to be working on together – for example looking at potential locations for strategic park and rides to support commuter movements.
The other thing I wanted to mention here is the way that Highways England has a bit more freedom than its predecessor to invest off-network in projects that improve SRN movements. We are for example investing in various cycle routes, cycle and pedestrian bridges and public transport measures through our cycling, safety and integration designated fund, and through our Growth & Housing Fund investing in several schemes on local roads that ease pressure on the SRN.

9. Connected Corridors A2/M2
“Connected corridor” from London to Dover to enable vehicles to communicate wirelessly with infrastructure and potentially other vehicles.
Instrumenting the A2/M2 with systems which allow roads, infrastructure and vehicles to talk to each other, safely and efficiently.
Purpose of the A2/M2 connected corridor test site:
Developing European standards for C-ITS (Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems)
Informing DfT policy on C-ITS roll out
Building business case for connected vehicles
Three visions of the project
Contribution to Intercor developments
UK testbed for autonomous and connected vehicles
Connected corridor from Dover to London, connected to Europe.

10. Questions?