HC Deb 09 March 1992 vol 205 c405W
29. Mr. Evennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of new road have been opened since 1979.

Mr. Chope

A total of 1,250 miles of new road has opened between April 1979 and December 1991, including 840 miles of trunk road and 410 miles of motorway.