§ Mr. Forthasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the annual cost of maintenance of road signs for the years 1980 to 1984.
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§ Mrs. ChalkerThe cost of maintaining road signs is not recorded as a separate item. However, the total costs of routine maintenance of permanent road signs, traffic signals, pedestrian crossings and motorway communications equipment in England in the financial years 1980–81 to 1982–83 were as follows:
£ million 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Motorways and trunk roads 5.125 5.792 6.596 Local authority roads 32.758 37.924 40.672 Total 37.883 43.716 47.268 Final figures for 1983–84 are not yet available.