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Government outlines 80 new road schemes as part of £15bn spending plan

More than 80 new road schemes have been announced by the Government as it outlined how it would spend an already-promised £15 billion on English motorway and trunk routes over the next five years.

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Green Party: Road plan 'short-sighted and retrograde'

The Green party has criticised the Government's plans for £15bn in Britian's road network.

Local transport spokeswoman Caroline Russell said building more roads was "short-sighted" and would lead to more traffic.

The Government plans are both short-sighted and retrograde. If you build roads you get more traffic. The Government should be investing in our public transport infrastructure and building convenient networks of cycling and walking routes rather than creating more traffic jams.

– Caroline Russell

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