As for keeping up with maintenance, well, that's just criminal while overcharging motorists £25b a year, no? As for the initial cost, that's harder to figure o

As for keeping up with maintenance, well, that's just criminal while overcharging motorists £25b a year, no? As for the initial cost, that's harder to figure out, but this (dodgy looking, admittedly) website[1] suggests that a mile of motorway costs £24m to construct. That means that the motorists are "paying off" the roads at a rate of about 1000 miles a year. There are 7500 miles of motorwayways and A roads[2], but motorists have been paying more in taxes than has been spent directly, although not at the current rate, for 30 years, and with no sign of slowing down. 1: https://63336.com/brilliant_answers/2009/06/how_much_does_it_cost_to_build_a_mile_of_motorway_in_the_uk.htm https://63336.com/brilliant_answers/2009/06/how_much_does_it... 2: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-lengths-statistics-in-great-britain-2011 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-lengths-stat...