Mixed reaction after roads worth ￡2.3bn are shelved

摘要

Contractors this week gave a mixed response to transport secretary Philip Hammond's decision to postpone work on a further ￡1bn of road schemes, including a number of managed motorways schemes. Hammond's announcement means schemes worth a total of ￡2.3bn have been cancelled or mothballed as a direct result of the government's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) {News last week). In addition to the ￡1.3bn of schemes cancelled in the CSR, Hammond has mothballed the M1/M6 junction 19 improvement and the M20 junction 10a upgrade, which had been due to start by 2012.