THE Government’s recent announcement to invest in upgrading local roads (covered in the Action For Roads report) is great news for the local construction industry and also for anyone in the area who is out of work.
Locally managed roads make up 98 per cent of the UK’s road network and the repair and maintenance of this infrastructure are vital to promoting growth locally and nationally – in fact, for every £100 million invested in the sector, 3,200 jobs will be created, so the potential benefits to the local economy are significant.
In York and North Yorkshire, repair and maintenance could be worth £500 million and could create 13,900 jobs, providing a much-needed boost to construction firms. We now urge the Government to deliver these projects as soon as possible so that the sector really benefits in the short term.
William Burton, Interim chief executive, CITB, Carthusian Street, London.
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