Road cuts are deepest in east
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• East Anglia is preparing to take the brunt of the road cuts as the nation's hardest hit region for axed schemes, following a Budget which slashed the motorway widening and bypass programme nationwide.
Seven schemes to upgrade the Midlands to East Coast A47 have been shelved ed for at least Budget cuts: You might not 15 years; see as many of these.
three plans to upgrade the A10 in Cambridge and Norfolk have been scrapped.
Plans to upgrade the Al have also been dropped as part of the Government's decision to axe 77 road building schemes and to put a further 104 into its long-term build category.
The British Roads Federation says Chancellor Kenneth Clarke's Budget announcement halves the roads programme that was announced just 18 months ago. And with no extra money being allocated to public transport and no move to depress economic growth, the country is facing "the worst possible result", it says.
The Freight Transport Association says the £1bn five-year saving will finance "barely noticeable increases" for the big spending Government departments.
"This huge reversal in spending on transport, and particularly roads, wilfully disregards the reality of a growing car population and increased congestion now costing Britain £20bn per year," it says.