<p>The <span style=&quot;cursor: help;&quot; class=&quot;glossary-item&quot;>Highways Agency</span> is to deliver a further twenty-two schemes in the UK’s north-west to boost the economy, reduce congestion and improve safety in the third, and final, stage of its pinch point programme.<br> <br>The schemes, representing an investment of US$47.7 million, will remove bottlenecks and keep traffic moving on England’s motorways and major A roads. Nationally, this stage of the programme comprises 58 schemes, worth US$151 million, that will be delivered by March 2015 and will bring an estimated US$2.1 billion of economic benefit.<br> <br>Roads Minister Stephen Hammond said: “The Government is committed to cutting congestion and accelerating growth &#8211; that is why the Chancellor injected an extra US$154 million into the Highways Agency pinch point programme last autumn.<br> <br>“This third round of innovative schemes has the potential to help create more than 94,000 new jobs and 61,000 new homes, while making life easier for the thousands of motorists and businesses who use these roads every day.”<br>&nbsp;</p><p>기사원문보기 : <a href=&quot;http://www.itsinternational.com/categories/utc/news/major-road-schemes-to-reduce-road-congestion-and-boost-economy/&quot;>http://www.itsinternational.com/categories/utc/news/major-road-schemes-to-reduce-road-congestion-and-boost-economy/</a></p>