Motorway Achievement
1 primary work
Book 3
Visualisation of the British Motorway System: Policy and Administration (Volume 1)
by Peter Baldwin and Robert Baldwin
Published 1 November 2004
The creation of the UK motorway network in the second half of the 20th century facilitated a dramatic improvement in the mobility of people and goods and contributed greatly to the prosperity enjoyed today.Key coverage
Recounts the many attempts to promote substantial road improvement and new road planning in the first half of the 20th century
Includes a reprint of Sir Frederick Cooks seminal report along with other papers reflecting the altered attitude to motorways
An account of Harold Watkinsons contribution, who, though not the first to announce a motorway, did more than most Ministers of Transport to initiate the motorway programme
Recounts the many attempts to promote substantial road improvement and new road planning in the first half of the 20th century
Includes a reprint of Sir Frederick Cooks seminal report along with other papers reflecting the altered attitude to motorways
An account of Harold Watkinsons contribution, who, though not the first to announce a motorway, did more than most Ministers of Transport to initiate the motorway programme