Reform Policies for Transport and Infrastructure

Our roads are in tatters, and our energy is expensive because both transport and utilities have been mishandled.

Energy production is inadequate and is mostly owned by foreign powers; our roads are crumbling, potholed, and congested, so traveling becomes frustrating, slow, and inefficient.

As a consequence, our economy is sluggish, so we need to reform and improve our systems.

Here’s how:

1. Stop the war on motorists. Reform UK will legislate to ban all ULEZs and ultra-low traffic zones. These amount to a tax on travel, especially for low-income drivers who drive older cars.

2. Stop the Ban on petrol and diesel vehicles. Reform will stop the insane ban on the production of petrol and diesel cars which is due to come into effect in 2030.

We will also stop the equally stupid legal requirement to manufacture and sell electric vehicles. (EVs) The Dangerously incompetent Welsh government is equipping its ambulance fleet with electric ambulances whose range will be minimal, and will not be able to operate effectively in exposed regions of the Welsh Hills and mountains. This insanity must stop! Reform UK will stop it.

3. Improve Road Networks especially in the north. The north of England is the home of the industrial revolution which changed the world for Good. Reform will energise the north by improving the road networks which link the major northern cities. This will improve the efficiency of industry and facilitate the creation of wealth.

4. Home Rule for critical national infrastructure and energy. Reform will launch a new model that brings half of each utility industry into public ownership. The other half will be owned by UK pension funds.

5. Integrated Transport Database. Often we see local roads dug up by the gas board for weeks on end, resurfaced, and then - two weeks later- they are dug up again by the water board! This is a sign of a fragmented system. so.... Reform will initiate an integrated transport database for councils, contractors, and utilities, which will ensure coordination of roadworks. This means fewer roadworks, less congestion, and more efficient travel.

6. Integrated Water Strategy. The UK is at risk of drinking water shortages. So Reform will initiate a program of building new reservoirs so that water can be stored and transferred to where it is needed when required.

We will also reduce the release of sewage into seas.

7. Single Infrastructure Funding Stream. Reform will merge the National Infrastructure Commission and the Infrastructure Bank to simplify the management of our systems.

8. Scrap Net Zero! We will immediately scrap all Net Zero-related objectives, which are completely unnecessary and are driven by ideology, not science!

This will release billions of pounds which can be spent more wisely.

These are Reform UK's infrastructure policies.

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Thank you. Chris Farmer • Gloucester • Reform UK