The appointment of Berwick MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan as transport secretary has reignited the decades-long campaign to dual the A1 in north Northumberland.
Ms Trevelyan, who has served as MP for Berwick since 2015, was appointed to the role by new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday, replacing Grant Shapps.
There have long been calls to improve the A1 in the county, which is a single carriageway for long stretches once it passes Morpeth.
