§ Mr. Holtasked the Minister of Transport what are the criteria and priorities which guide his decisions that one road project shall have priority over another.
§ Mr. MarplesThere are inevitably a large number of considerations which enter into the decisions on the priority of particular schemes. At present I am concentrating on the construction of routes linking industrial centres and the relief of urban congestion. Within that policy, weight is given to such factors as the adequacy of roads for their present and future traffic; the economic importance of the traffic concerned; the traffic benefit to be obtained in relation to the cost involved; the requirements of local development and road safety.