Finally, focus feeder and trunk road construction in areas of high agricultural potential, and link these areas with low potential zones.
However, the bypass should not be compared with a new trunk road: it is more akin to an urban motorway.
Future improvements to the trunk road network are being considered in the roads review, which is part of the integrated transport policy review.
They will include a substantial increase in money available for the maintenance of the trunk road network.
I refer to the way in which the current trunk road assessment, currently being considered at ministerial level, will fit into our integrated transport policy.
My trunk road programme now extends to 1967–68.
All major schemes in the forward trunk road programme are being reviewed in the light of that announcement.
We will shortly be taking forward a strategic review of the trunk road programme, and expect that this scheme will be included within that review.
