HC Deb 16 January 2001 vol 361 cc185-6W
36. Mr. Viggers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on investment in the road network. [144001]

Mr. Hill

The Ten Year Transport Plan published on 20 July last year contained provisions for expenditure on the strategic and local road networks of over £59 billion over the course of the next decade. £4 billion has already been allocated to roads in the December local transport settlement, including £1 billion to fund 39 new major road improvements and a doubling of capital maintenance to £535 million.

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