Comment: Stephen Joseph takes critical view of the Govt's transport priorities

Stephen Joseph OBE

05 March 2014

Tackling future congestion is a key justification claimed by government for its massive road building programme. But the Government's plans for new roads in the countryside ignore the fact that congestion is largely an urban problem.

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