Roads for Prosperity

Roads for Prosperity (often incorrectly called Road to Prosperity)[1] was a controversial white paper published by the Conservative government in the United Kingdom in 1989; detailing the 'largest road building programme for the UK since the Romans'[2] produced in response to rapid increases in car ownership and use over the previous decade. It embraced what Margaret Thatcher had described as 'the great car economy', although implementation led to widespread road protests, and many of the schemes contained within it were abandoned by 1996.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference hist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sadler, Richard (13 December 2006). "Roads to ruin". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  3. ^ Lean, Geoffrey (21 January 1996). "Tories ditch the 'car economy'". The Independent. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.