title: A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England
text: # A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England
  
  A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England was a response by the United Kingdom Government's Department for Transport 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 Highways Agency 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 noise pollution and road safety.
  * To create a targeted programme of large-scale improvements to the road system.
  