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Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give an estimate of the cost of maintenance and repairs for motorways and roads for 1990.
Mr. Chope
The latest forecast of expenditure on maintenance of motorways and trunk roads in England in 1990–91 is £543·8 million.This includes £419·5 million of capital expenditure on the renewal of roads and the renewal and strengthening of bridges (including the Severn bridge) and £124·3 million of current expenditure on roads and bridges.