§ Mr. Websterasked the Minister of Transport what benefits he expects to obtain as a result of the revised road programme.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe increase in the financial provision for the road programme to 1969–70, which I announced in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, North-West (Sir B. Janner) on 4th November, was made in order to take account of changes in road construction prices and land prices. As the National Plan makes plain, this rapidly rising road programme will provide for a great improvement in the traffic situation on a limited number of roads, both in and between towns, but will still not be enough to relieve the increasing degree of congestion on many of our roads.