§ 56. Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the sum total of expenditure by his Department into computerised traffic control in cities and urban motorway construction, respectively, from 1961 to 1970.
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§ Mr. Graham PageAbout £1 million was spent on computerised traffic control in West London and Glasgow and approximately £33 million in direct grants towards the cost of urban motorways built by local highway authorities in England. The highway authorities themselves spent another £10 million or so on building these motorways. There was, in addition, substantial expenditure by my Department on those sections of the trunk road motorway which enter urban areas.
Figures for urban motorway spending in Scotland and Wales are the responsibility of the respective Secretaries of State.