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Widespread lifting of roadworks set to ease congestion Easter weekend

Drivers are set to benefit from up to £500 of savings per year and see smoother Easter getaways as 1,127 miles of roadworks are lifted, the Department for Transport announced yesterday 16th April. 

It comes as RAC data shows hitting a pothole can cost drivers up to £460 in repairs. The government is putting £1.6 billion into the hands of local councils from this month to get fixing our roads – enough to fill seven million extra potholes.

The government has frozen fuel duty at current levels for another year to support families and businesses, saving the average car driver £59.  

Together, this means that drivers could save up to £500 a year from the Government’s measures, saving motorists money and "getting Britain moving" as part of the Plan for Change.   

Significant routes to benefit from roadworks being lifted or completed in time for the Easter getaway include:

• Over 130 miles of roadworks on the M25
• More than 100 miles on the M1 between London and Chesterfield
• More than 70 miles on the A27 between Polegate, East Sussex and Havant, Hampshire
• 49 miles on the A34 between Oxford and Winchester
• Almost 50 miles on the M27 between Southampton and Portsmouth
• Over 45 miles on the M4 between Hayes and Hungerford
• 44 miles on the M2 between Rochester and Faversham
• 37 miles on the A303 near Andover
• 31 miles on the A47 between Great Yarmouth and Peterborough

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