[Closed] government road priorities, Autumn statement numbers

A total spend of 1.5billion and the government are spending 42million?

I guess that shows what the government cares about.

2.26 Investing in the road network – The Government will invest £1.5 billion, of which
£1 billion will be invested in this spending review period to improve the national road network
and to accelerate the development and delivery of major road schemes, including:
• £378 million for upgrades to the A1 at Lobley Hill and Leeming to Barton; (f) (g)
• £127 million on a new link between the A5 and M1 and £30 million for dualling the A30
Temple to Carblake; (h) (i)
• £150 million of investment for improvement works to Junction 30 of the M25 starting in
2015; and £10 million on improvements works at Junction 12 of the M40 starting in 2013;
• £270 million for priority national and local projects which will deliver significant
improvements on the road network such as removing bottlenecks, enable housing and
business developments, and help to provide improved access to Enterprise Zones; (b)
• £333 million for essential maintenance of our national and local road network; (c)
• £95 million to test an accelerated approach to the delivery of major road schemes with
4 pilot schemes; three managed motorways on the M1 Junction 28 to 31, M3 Junction
2 to 4A and M6 Junction 10A to Junction 13; and one conventional scheme A160/A180
Immingham improvement; (a)
• £42 million to develop the pipeline of potential Highways Agency road schemes for
investment in the next spending review period; and (d)
• £42 million investment in the Sustainable Transport Fund for cycling infrastructure. (e)