§ Mr. C. Morrisonasked the Minister of Transport what the Government road investment programme in England and Wales is to be for the next five years.
§ Mr. MarplesThe Government propose, subject to the approval of Parliament, that Exchequer expenditure on new construction and major improvement on motorways and trunk roads in England and Wales should amount to about £575 million, and on classified roads to about £340 million, making a total of about £915 million in the five years 1965–70. Under this programme the local authorities would expend about £145 million from their own resources on their classified roads. The total to be expended on the road programme in the five years would, therefore, amount to about £1,060 million.
It is expected that of the £915 million to be met by the Exchequer, about £145 million would be due for payment in 1965–66.