DfT’s new road programme is the last thing we need

Richard Evans, London SW20
09 January 2015
 

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg’s announcement of a £214m “major cash boost for cycling” is a mere 1.4% of the £15bn pledged for road schemes by his Government the following week (LTT 28 Nov & 18 Dec). Building more roads will not solve congestion or any other problems caused by growing traffic, as has been repeatedly observed since, er, the opening of a new section of the Great West Road in 1925! When will transport ministers ever learn this simple...

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