Hello Wawkrk,
I'm not disagreeing that the roads could not and certainly should've been enhanced over the last 30 years. I'm just making the point that local authorities can't fund large schemes.
If they want to fund large schemes they need to bid for central government funds and Leeds prioritised the Inner Ring Road and the East Leeds Radial.
Bradford prioritised improvements in the city centre.
Neither really developed improvements to the airport (apart from paying lip service to it) so in that sense you are correct.
Whilst access to airports and ports is a government priority we can forget any central government funds for the forseeable future.
It's a case of making do with what we've got as Bridgepoint are unlikely to fund any enhancements other than what is stipulated in their planning approvals.
Not good news I'm afraid.