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Road schemes bad value for money, says ex-minister Norman Baker

Deniz Huseyin
11 February 2015
Norman Baker gave the closing plenary at Smarter Travel 2015 at the ICC Birmingham
Norman Baker gave the closing plenary at Smarter Travel 2015 at the ICC Birmingham
 

The government’s plan to spend more than £15bn on road schemes has been described as a retrograde step by former transport minister Norman Baker.

Speaking at Smarter Travel 2015, Baker described the benefit-cost ratio (BCR) predictions for some road schemes as “dodgy”. 

Commenting on the Road Investment Strategy, he said that building more dual carriageways would fail to alleviate congestion. “Money spent on roads will generate more traffic - you can't build...

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