Anne-Marie has changed Government’s mind on the importance of this forgotten stretch of road. Back on 2007 she set up the Dual the A1 Campaign Group in order to pull together many cross-party voices to make sure that Government would understand about the missing link in the A1 road network.Fantastic news in December 2014, the Prime Minister announced an initial £290m investment to upgrade the road. The campaign's ultimate goal is for full dualling all the way up to the border.