More misery on M25
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• Long-suffering hauliers using the southern section of the M25 face a further six months of traffic jams and road works following the Highways Agencies decision to delay completion of motorway widening work.
The work, which was due to be finished in March, has now been put back to late 1996 because of poor ground conditions and problems with the asphalt road surface.
The Highways Agency said this week: "New road signs stating the end of 1996 are due to go up any day," The .£46m project between junctions 7-8 of the M25 has already taken contractor Laing Construction two years to build.
The six month delay is expected to push the total cost over the 1:50m mark — with much greater costs being passed onto the haulage industry and economy in general.
The Freight Transport Association says the delay underlines the lack of investment in Britain's roads. A spokesman says: Industry will have to bear the cost for a further six months of this latest Government failure and it will inevitably cause hauliers time and money."