AT LEAST £64.m. NEEDED FOR . ROADS QIXTY county councils have esti
28th January 1955, Page 27
28th January 1955
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mated that it will cost at least £64m. to construct essential new roads and put their classified roads in a fit state to deal adequately with the probable traffic. '
A five-year programme based on their recommendations was considered on Wednesday by the executive committee of the County Councils' Association. The Association's highway committee stressed that the Ministry of Transport should be urged to make financial arrangements for the scheme.
• The Minister of Transport said on Tuesday that in 1953-54, about £7m. (2s, 11d. per head of population) had been spent on major road improvements. and new construction.