Policy for Roads: England 1980

Date	1980
Owned by	Steven
Type	Publications (see all artefacts)

Context

In this exciting edition of Roads in...

We talk about costs (again). We talk about needs (again). We desperately try to save a few bob (again).

Ringway 3 between M4 and M1 is finally binned
M23 Mitcham - Hooley is also binned
M12 South Woodford - Brentwood still in programme, but now it's under review.
A6(M) Stockport hokey-cokey is currently in, but "temporarily suspended".
The M65 is out completely, replaced with "improvements on A677 and A6119"
A449 Wolverhampton Western Bypass and Stourbridge Bypass are also temporarily suspended. This has turned out to be not that temporary.
A446 Basset's Pole to Dunton is on the reserve list for 1984 onwards, along with unnumbered "Essington - Basset's Pole".
A604 M1-A1 Link is in the firm programme for 1984 onwards
The M40 is still the M40, and the silly all-purpose bit in the middle has vanished.
M66 Denton - Middleton is definitely, absolutely, no question in the plan for 1984.
M54 is in the main programme for 1980-81, and not at all for 1983, which is when it eventually opened.