Better roads

Inquiry Better roads

Inquiry Better roads

Inquiry Better roads

Witnesses Graham Dalton, Chief Executive, Highways Agency (at 16:30); Robert Goodwill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Paul O’Sullivan, Deputy Director, Strategic Roads, Department for Transport (at 17:10).

Witnesses Councillor Peter Box, Chair of Economy and Transport Board, Local Government Association, Andrew Hugill, Director of Policy and Technical Affairs, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, Jim Coates, Chair of Road and Traffic Forum, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Joanne Dodds, Technical Director, Intelligent Transport Systems (UK), Shaun Spiers, Chief Executive, Campaign to Protect Rural England; Professor Stephen Glaister, Director, RAC Foundation, Tara Courtney-Davis, Senior Managing Director, Macquarie Capital (Europe), Andrew Meaney, Managing Consultant, Oxera Consulting, Nicola Palmer, Partner, Arcus Infrastructure Partners LLP (at 4:50 pm).

Witnesses Stephen Radley, Director of Policy, EEF, Dr David Metz, Centre for Transport Studies, University College London, and Karen Dee, Director of Policy, Freight Transport Association; Martin Tugwell, Deputy Director, Strategy and Infrastructure Planning, Oxfordshire County Council, Simon Warren, Chair, West Midlands Strategic Transport Officer Group, and Stephen Joseph, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport (at 4.45 pm); Jack Semple, Director of Policy, Road Haulage Association, Paul Watters, Head of Road Policy, AA, David Bizley, Technical Director, RAC Motoring Services, and Chris Peck, Policy Co-ordinator, Cyclists’ Touring Club (at 5.25 pm).