Transport Policy

ADF call for the scrapping of HS2 and for the money to be better spent looking at other ways to increase train paths and improve the network.
The franchise system in current use is long overdue a rethink, as it does not incentivise long term investment in rolling stock. We would seek to encourage the movement of more freight by rail, especially on long distance routes.
ADF would be prepared to look at soft touch nationalisation of the railways, if a positive return for the taxpayer was a realistic prospect.

Road & rail infrastructure must be looked at as a national asset and not just the responsibility of those who physically use them. This includes bridges & tunnels on trunk routes, which are strategic national assets and vital to the country as a whole.

ADF would scrap Air Passenger Duty on domestic flights to outlying regions, where land borne alternatives are not a viable option for most.