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Old May 14th 16, 01:22 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Converting Railways To Roads

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 13:06:58 on Fri, 13 May
2016,
d remarked:

I doubt roads pay their way either even after road and fuel tax have been
taken into account. The M25 widening alone is costing over £100 million
a year.


Fuel Duty alone is 28 billion, and that doesn't include the 5.6bn VAT
on duty. VED is another (roughly) £6bn.


Road costs far exceed that. you are overlooking policing and health costs
for a start.

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Colin Rosenstiel