MT 1281923-1981Ministry of Transport: Highways B (HB Series) Files
These series consists of files of the Highways B Division of the Highways and Traffic, Southern Group, relating to all aspects of highway administration in Wales, Monmouthshire and the southern counties of England except Buckinghamshire, Kent and London. Many files relate to particular areas and schemes including the Dartford Tunnel.
The subject matter of the files includes: the selection of individual schemes for inclusion in the roads programme; policy on planning blight grants; the maintenance, improvement and construction of roads and bridges; policy relating to road tolls and loans; ferries; maintenance and improvement grants for classified roads; the administration of traffic censuses; and research, particularly research addressing the problem of traffic in towns.