Money wasted buying houses to build roads
Money wasted buying houses to build roads
- 1994
- Daily Telegraph 29 June 1994, 10 Guardian 29 June 1994, 2(2) .
The NAO has found that 60% of homes purchased by the DTp outside London as part of roadbuilding schemes were not required. There is criticism that acquired properties are often badly managed. "Department of Transport: acquisition, management and disposal of lands and property purchased for road construction" (HMSO £8.15).
BLIGHT
Compulsory purchase
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
EMPTY PROPERTY
HOUSING
NAO
Property management
RENT ARREARS
RENTED ACCOMMODATION
ROADBUILDING
PROPERTY-INFRASTRUCTURE-TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE-ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
VANDALISM
The NAO has found that 60% of homes purchased by the DTp outside London as part of roadbuilding schemes were not required. There is criticism that acquired properties are often badly managed. "Department of Transport: acquisition, management and disposal of lands and property purchased for road construction" (HMSO £8.15).
BLIGHT
Compulsory purchase
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
EMPTY PROPERTY
HOUSING
NAO
Property management
RENT ARREARS
RENTED ACCOMMODATION
ROADBUILDING
PROPERTY-INFRASTRUCTURE-TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE-ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
VANDALISM