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oad congestion is part I Ten Year Plan overhaul
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Government is expected jounce an ovetaul of its Ten Year Plan this week, ing a .£2bn road building amme.
e plans are expected to intrate on widening some most congested parts of iad network in the biggest building programme for ars.
CM went to press the )sed schemes were :ted to include:
1bn expansion of the MB on -mile stretch from the nds to Manchester.
lening the M1 through the lidlands Ily dualling the A303 into est Gauntry.
£130m expansion of the arth of Newcastle to ck, 40 miles south of the ish border.
provements to the Mel/M5 Ion at Bristol.
'is appears to be a response to the findings e government's multi-modal studies—but tingly there are no plans for the M25, ivironmentalists are sure to be outraged by 'oad building plans, particularly the A303 nennents. Paul Priestley from WestburyRygor Group Services, whose trucks reguuse the A303, adds: it's a double-edged dl suppose where for the greater good you to ruin the environment.
Ye sometimes get delays, particularly in the ner time when the tourists are out."
pger King, chief executive of the Road ige Association, says the government studies have been a waste of time and money: "So far they have spent .E27m on the studies to get answers we already knew."
The news comes as the Freight Transport Association publishes details of the 10 most congested motorway junctions, as identified by its 11,000 members. Four of these are on the M25; three within a dozen miles of each other to the west of London (see map).
Chief executive Richard Turner says: "We must welcome the fact that the government is choosing to invest in infrastructure. However, it is only the start of quite a significant programme that they have got to make decisions on over the next few months."