Nearly 10,000 jobs supported by road investment in 2014
Over 9,500 construction jobs will be supported in 2014 by more than £1.9 billion of investment in Britain’s roads, Transport Minister Robert Goodwill has announced.
The total investment in 209 schemes is £4.3 billion, £1.9 billion of which will be spent in 2014 alone - more than twice the amount spent in 2013.
These road programmes – which will either start or be completed in 2014 - are estimated to boost the economy by over £18.8 billion and are part of a £100 billion package of investment in Britain’s infrastructure over the next seven years; the largest programme of investment since the 1970s.
CIHT has previously welcomed the increased funding for the roads sector, as announced in the June Spending Review earlier this year.
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