Roads and Transport Infrastructure Policy
Core Principle
Not all roads are equal. Some form part of the nation’s critical strategic backbone and must remain under state control. Most others should be privatised or devolved to local/private ownership to improve maintenance, reduce costs, and remove them from central government mismanagement.
Strategic National Assets (Remain in State Hands)
The following are classified as critical national defence infrastructure and will not be privatised:
- Major motorways (M1, M25, M6, M4, etc.)
- Key dual-carriageway trunk routes (A1(M), A14, A303, etc.)
- Strategic bypasses and relief roads serving ports, airfields, power stations, and military sites
These routes are essential for rapid troop movement, logistics, nuclear convoy routing, and national resilience in time of war or emergency.
Privatisation of Non-Strategic Roads
All other roads (most A-roads, B-roads, local roads, residential streets) should be progressively privatised or transferred to commonhold/parish control under PRUNE.
Privatised routes may be operated as toll roads under perpetual concessions with two strict conditions:
- Must maintain minimum HGV-legal standard
- Emergency services and military vehicles travel free in perpetuity
Long-Term Vision
Future wealth and technology may enable a national network of hardened deep tunnels for strategic freight, data, power, and military transport. This could eventually allow even more surface motorways to be fully privatised while maintaining national security redundancy.
The Goal
A rational division: the state retains only what is truly indispensable for national defence, while most roads are returned to private or local control for better maintenance, innovation, and efficiency.