National programmes
- Improving mobile coverage in the UK up to 99% of the population
- Urban broadband fund to create up to 10 “super-connected cities”
- Network Rail investment to tackle problems on the network more quickly
- Network Rail investment to improve the railway network including bringing forward bridge renewals, enhancing access to stations and improving resilience to winter weather
- Centres for Offshore Renewable Engineering
- Road Pinch Point Fund to ease bottlenecks and improve safety
- Additional funding for local authority major transport projects
- Additional funding for local transport
London
- Northern Line extension to Battersea
- Acceleration of M25 junction 23 to 27 scheme
- Thames Tideway Tunnel
- Super-connected city funding
South East
- M3 in Surrey – managed motorway scheme
- Replacement of Northern Road Bridge (Portsmouth)
- New M275 Tipner Interchange (Portsmouth)
- 130 additional carriages for the Southern rail franchise in south London
- New rail link between Oxford and Bedford
South West
- Bus Rapid Transit scheme from Ashton Vale to Temple Meads (Bristol)
- Kingskerswell By-pass (Devon/Torbay)
- South Bristol Link Phases 1&2
- Hinkley Point C – new nuclear planning application accepted by the Infrastructure Planning Commission
East of England
- Power station development consents granted (Gateway Energy Centre Combined Cycle Gas Turbine)
- New Lower Thames Crossing
- London Gateway port
- A14 in Cambridgeshire
- M1 Junction 10a improvement
East Midlands
- A43 Corby Link Road
- Hucknall Town Centre Improvement Scheme
- London Road Bridge (Derby)
- Widening the A453 between Nottingham, the M1 and Nottingham East Midlands Airport
- M1/M6 Junction 19 major road improvements
- Development consent granted for a scheme to improve the A1 at Elkesley
- Widening the A14 Kettering Bypass between junctions 7 and 9
West Midlands
- M6 managed motorway scheme between Birmingham and Manchester
- A45 Westbound Bridge (Solihull) – replacement bridge over the West Coast Main Line close from Birmingham Airport on the A45 strategic corridor into Birmingham
- Evesham Bridge Maintenance (Evesham) – rebuilding of the main bridge into Evesham from the South
- A45/46 Tollbar End improvement scheme
- A45 Corridor (Damson Parkway to M42 junction 6) diversion
Yorkshire and the Humber
- Accelerating M1 junction 39 to 42 scheme
- A164 Humber Bridge to Beverley
- A18-A180 Link (NE Lincolnshire)
- A6182 White Rose Way Improvement Scheme (Doncaster)
- Access York Park & Ride – Two new park and ride sites
- Leeds Rail Growth – Two new railway stations: Kirkstall Forge and Apperley Bridge
- Supertram additional vehicles (Sheffield)
- Electrification of the Transpennine Express
- Improved access to the Sheffield Gateway
- Power station development consents granted (Ferrybridge; Thorpe Marsh; Immingham; Selby; Westermost Rough)
North West
- Electrification of the Transpennine Express
- M56 at Manchester Airport link road to A6 south of Stockport
- Completion of Western gateway Enabling Scheme at Port Salford
- Expansion of Mersey Multimodal Gateway
- Crewe Green Link Southern Section
- Manchester Cross City Bus
- Rochdale Interchange
- Mersey Gateway Bridge
- Reinstating Todmorden Curve
North East
- Electrification of the Transpennine Express
- Tyne and Wear Metro
- Tees Multimodal Bio-Freight Terminal
Scotland
- Rail, roads local transport, water, flood and waste – devolved to the Scottish Government
- Edinburgh: Super-connected city funding
- Funding for Scottish renewable energy through access to the Scottish Fossil Fuel Levy fund
- Replace the Caledonian Sleeper fleet
Wales
- Roads, local transport, water, flood and waste – devolved to the Welsh Government
- Power station development consents granted (Anglesey Aluminium Biomass)
- Cardiff: Super-connected city funding
Northern Ireland
- Transport, energy, water, flood and waste – devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive
- Belfast: Super-connected city funding
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