With the effects of the 1931 European banking crisis fading and the number of cars in Britain hitting 2.5 million, in 1935 the government decided that it was time for a massive road-building plan, and the Ministry of Transport announced a £100 million fund. But by 1937, when another 500 vehicles were joining the traffic each day, we could see very little concrete (ahem) progress. It turned out just £6.45m had actually been spent in the first two years. Far more was going into national armament, we noted. In hindsight, on balance, a good thing…
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