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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
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Roads budget is in the region of £9b annually, however if one adds in the huge amount of revenue contributed by VAT and fuel duties, (ours are the highest in Europe) on transport together with other levies and taxes then there is more than enough, IIRC the last estimate for all revenues on road transport was about £50b
I seem to remember a certain TB saying we motorists had to contribute our road/transport taxes to keep the NHS afloat.
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indeed coupled with the how shocking our road repairs system is I am sure those costs could be reduced with doing proper job in first place. companies not working together like new road gets laid weeks later the usual gas, cable, electric, water company digs the bloomin thing up leaves it in shocking state.
Coupled with years mis managed councils like ours had budget for road repairs which was going to taken at end april if not used. So waste it on crazy traffic carming cycle schemes . One has cycle track which if cyclist adhere to would hit the trees as they slap in them. Also dig up perfectly good roads just because you running out time even when others needed it first. Our council done this stupid trick for years then moan when side streets in desperate repair.
We found money to reduce all the roads in towns 20mph planned traffic carming measures yet wont repair roads in disrepair.