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Respecting the environment
| Indicator | 6. Mitigate the potentially adverse impact of strategic roads and take opportunities to enhance the environment taking into account value for money. |
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| Target | Achieve at least 95% across the 5 sub targets
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We recognise the need to maintain a balance between our responsibility to develop and operate the strategic road network effectively and our responsibilities to the needs of neighbouring communities and the wider environment. We do this by integrating environmental considerations into all our network improvement work.
Where aspects of our environmental performance have been identified for improvement, we have instituted specific programmes such as that to reduce traffic noise through quieter road surfaces. The strategic road network also plays a role in the support of wider environmental polices, for example in support of the UK's biodiversity and air quality strategies.
Our biodiversity action plan sets out the specific actions that we will be taking as our contribution in this area and we are working with English Nature to support delivery of the Public Service Agreement target relating to the condition of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
The indicators and targets shown above will be used to measure our 2004-05 performance. These focus on interventions on the network targeted at particular environmental problems or opportunities for improvement.
We will continue to develop these measures in the coming year. Drawing on our established procedures for appraisal, we will be analysing the extent to which all our network improvement projects will deliver the Government's environmental objectives for transport investment.
