Road Spending T rebled Since 1945 A FRESH series of
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figures showing the 1-1 value of road works carried out since the War will be produced next year by the Minister of Transport. Announcing this in the Commons last week, Mr. Morales gave no details beyond saying that the figures were being brought on to a new basis, and next year's would he slightly mod i lied. He gave a year-by-year analysis of central and local government spending on all types of road work since 1945-46. In that year a total of £900,000 was spent on new construction and major improvements, and £291 million on maintenance and minor improvements.
By 1961-62, said the Minister, these figures had risen to £91.1 million and £97.4 million.
Finance for Road Building
ROAD users paid £742 m. in taxation during the last financial year, said Mr. John Boyd-Carpenter, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, last week.
He recalled that this money was used as part of the general revenue and when asked why it could not be used to build more roads, said that the limiting factor was not the method of raising finance, but the call on resources.