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JNugent · November 1st 03, 07:02 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport

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All what roadbuilding? The motorways in Scotland were complete (all
but 15 miles) before 1970. That's to all intents and puposes 35 years
ago. As I said it's like driving round the old East Germany. And now
like any old system maintenance is a big source of downtime. Let's
face it every other system that's tried to run using 35 year old
infrastructure has bitten the dust (The Mills, The Mines, The
Steelworks, USW, USW.)

Hasn't the A74 been in the process of being upgraded to motorway for the
last seven or eight years?

And I'm sure there was some extension of the M8 or M9 being built in the
mid-1990s (the last time I was in the Edinburgfh area).

And what about the Edinburgh Ring?

And the M77?

And the M90?

These were all built in the 70s, 80, and 90s.

Not enough, true - but "all built by 1970 all but 15 miles" cannot be
accurate.