Deputy pm visits wiltshire and the pennines to mark road upgrades

News story DEPUTY PM VISITS WILTSHIRE AND THE PENNINES TO MARK ROAD UPGRADES The Deputy Prime Minister is launching major roads upgrades as the government invests in more than 100 new road

schemes across the country. This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, is visiting the A303 at

Stonehenge in Wiltshire and the Woodhead Pass across the Pennines today (1 December 2014) to launch the biggest upgrade to Britain’s roads in a generation. Find out more about the projects

that have been announced today. The Deputy Prime Minister said: > For too long, our road network has been a source of frustration, not > growth. There are whole regions of our country 

that are unable to > reach their full potential, let alone get to work on time, because > the essential routes that link them to the rest of the country are > way past their sell-by

 date. >  > I’ve been pushing hard to get key roadblocks removed, especially > for the A303 in the South West, the A1 north of Newcastle and the > Woodhead Pass between Sheffield

 and Manchester. >  > In desperate need of modernisation, these roads are forever clogged > up with traffic, often closed in bad weather, and just not built to > deal with modern

 demands. >  > To build a stronger, fitter economy in Britain, where every region > can thrive, we need to change that – giving our regions’ most > strategic roads the serious 

investment and attention they deserve. >  > “Past governments have done it for the south-east; I want to do it > for the rest of the country. SHARE THIS PAGE The following links

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