Money wasted buying houses to build roads
Language: English Series: Daily Telegraph ; 29 June 1994, 10 | Guardian ; 29 June 1994, 2(2)Publication details: 1994Subject(s):- BLIGHT
- Compulsory purchase
- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
- EMPTY PROPERTY
- HOUSING
- NAO
- Property management
- RENT ARREARS
- RENTED ACCOMMODATION
- ROADBUILDING
- PROPERTY-INFRASTRUCTURE-TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE-ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
- VANDALISM
- ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT-COMPULSORY PURCHASE AND COMPENSATION
- TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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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).