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Transport 2010: The 10-Year Plan was a document produced by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) during the first term of the UK New Labour government, in July 2000.

Rail: £60bn

 * Investment to allow 50% more passengers, with faster and safer journeys
 * £7bn rail modernisation fund to "lever in" private capital to the system
 * 6,000 new carriages and trains

Roads: £59bn

 * £30bn to eliminate backlog in road maintenance
 * 80 major trunk road schemes to improve safety and traffic flow at junctions
 * 100 new bypasses on trunk and local roads and 130 other full-scale local road improvement schemes
 * Lower-noise surfaces for 60% of trunk roads
 * A 10% increase in bus passenger journeys and an extension of bus priority schemes
 * Widen 360 miles of motorway and trunk road network

Local transport schemes: £26bn

 * Build 100 new bypasses
 * £20bn for London, excluding roads - could include a revival of the shelved cross-London rail link and new East #Thames river crossings for road and rail
 * Up to 25 light railway schemes in urban areas - doubling the existing number
 * More cycle and walking routes and more 20mph areas
 * Rural Transport Fund to rise from £60m to £95m to help secure local bus services

Legacy: 10 Years On
Of the 25 light rail systems that were originally proposed only 3 (Birmingham, Nottingham and Edinburgh) have been completed, with many of the other proposed systems failing to get beyond the planning stage.

John Prescott