Questions remain over the future of plans to dual the A1 in Northumberland after the Transport Secretary declined to commit to the project.
Speaking at Newsham in Blyth on Monday, secretary of state Mark Harper said the Government would not be commenting before it was ready - but added he was well aware of the campaign to dual the road and that Berwick MP Anne Marie Trevelyan had been making the case to him.
The Government had pledged to make a decision on whether it would dual a 13-mile stretch of the road between Morpeth and Alnwick in December.
