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ANSPORT MINISTER Norman )wler has said that there will not be assive cutbacks in trunk road building le to the Government's public spending Lts.
But at the same time he hinted that the ready reduced road-building budget ould be trimmed yet further, and that ads will be built only "where there are essing problems."
The Government is discussing its proIsed public spending cuts and in the 1-it of this, the roads programme is to be viewed in detail, with a White Paper ing published as soon as possible. Mr iwler did, however, give some idea of e pr orities that the programme would Life. "Within whatever funds are available the most urgent task will be the completion of the M25 orbital route around London." Only last week another fivemile section of the M25, from North Ockenden to Brook Street near Brentwood in Essex, was given the go-ahead by the Government. Construction should start before the end of the year.
Mr Fowler went on: "Almost as important is the completion of other, routes carrying heavy industrial traffic, especially those, such as the routes to the ports, which will aid the development of exports.
"Priority will also be given to other schemes designed to relieve towns and villages where problems are at their worst."