£1084m. SPENT ON ROADS IN • ENGLAND AND WALES A/TORE than £108,600,000 was spent on
8th August 1958, Page 44
8th August 1958
Page 44
Page 44, 8th August 1958
— £1084m. SPENT ON ROADS IN • ENGLAND AND WALES A/TORE than £108,600,000 was spent on
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roads in England and, Wales during the year ended March 31, 1957. This was an increase of .€10m. over the previous year. Altogether, 1,247 road improvement schemes were started during the year, including the first length of motorway—the Preston by-pass—and the Dartford-Purfleet tunnel. ,
This information is .given in the Ministry of Transport's Report on Roads in England and Wales, published last week. The report points out that about 20.000 abnormal indivisible loads are now being moved every year, 90 of them heavier than 150 tons or wider than 20 ft. As a result 14 schemes were put in hand, during the year, to strengthen and reconstruct bridges on routes between heavy industrial centres and the main sea ports.