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The UK government announced to Parliament yesterday plans to triple its spend over the next five years to £15bn on improving the capacity and condition of England’s congested major road network.

The projects announced as part of the scheme include £1.5bn to add an extra lane to key motorways linking the country’s biggest cities, improving one-third of the junctions on the south-east orbital M25 and the construction of a tunnel under Stonehenge.

The announcement by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Chief Secretary ...

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  • ReturnLoads

    December 03, 2014 at 9:06 am

    It is interesting to note that 2 thirds of the road network which is proposed to be improved are Coalition constituencies areas.