McLoughlin pledges more roads

Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin this week promised a bigger road programme to ease congestion on England’s road network.

McLoughlin told the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham: “We need a wider programme for roads that will address the neglect of the Labour years. There’s too much congestion, not enough new schemes. It’s madness and we are going to sort it out.”

Campaign for Better Transport chief executive Stephen Joseph told LTT that roads...

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