mister On Roads Progress
9th March 1962, Page 51
9th March 1962
Page 51
Page 51, 9th March 1962
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" IN our roads programme we are concentrating on the links between the most important centres of industry and the ports," said Mr. Marples last week. "What progress are we making? Over the next five years we are spending £540 million. In the mid-1950s we spent about £5 million a year.
"The motorways programme is gathering pace. Nearly 150 miles of motorways are in use and 146 miles are being built. On top of this another 300 miles are well into the statutory processes. And a further 400 miles are being surveyed or examined to take their place in the programme in the second half of the 1960s."
Dealing with motorways in existence or being built, the Minister of Transport