§ Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport what are the figures for expenditure on road construction and maintenance in Sussex in the last 10 years.
§ Mr. HoramFollowing are the figures for East Sussex, West Sussex and the former county boroughs of Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings for the last nine available years. Data for earlier years were not compiled on a comparable basis, and comparable figures for 1976/77 are not yet available.
£ thousand Year Construction* Maintenance† 1967–68 4,297 2,997 1968–69 5,287 3,119 1969–70 4,835 3,363 1970–71 3,681 4,072 1971–72 5,380 4,563 1972–73 5,640 5,405 1973–74 7,608 6,450 1974–75 6,544 6,828 1975–76 8,653 8,640 * Including improvements. † Including cleansing, gritting and snow clearing.