Orders of the Day — New Roads and Street Works Bill [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:29 pm on 5 March 1991.

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Photo of Mr Roger Freeman Mr Roger Freeman , Kettering 5:29, 5 March 1991

The private sector will design the roads and then build them. That is not, and never has been, the case with public roads. There is a division of responsibility between highway authorities for designing and preparing road schemes and private contractors coming in to do the construction work. Here we are talking about designing, building, maintaining and operating.