Interesting Fact - Transport - Podcast

Widening the M6 motorway by one lane will cost £1,000 an inch.

(This is probably the most expensive tarmac in the world. The whole project is going to cost £2.9bn, twice as much money as Britain gives in aid to Africa in a year. Britain is actually spending £13bn on new roads, just imagine if they invested it in reducing traffic instead.)

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