The projects are targeted at speeding up travel times in Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire.

Dualling of the A350 Chippenham bypass, which connects the south coast with the M4, Bristol and the Midlands, will cost around £32m, with £27m coming from funding by central government.

This will see two sections of the Wiltshire road dualled and improvements made to the roundabout

In Leeds, travel around the A647 Dawsons Corner and Stanningley Bypass will be improved with £35m funding to replace the existing roundabout and structural renewal of the bypass.

The government has also given the go-ahead for a new 1.1km dual carriageway as part of a major bypass project for Aylesbury.

More than £13m will go towards the link road, which is part of an ongoing £147m bypass project. This scheme is also essential in enabling further housing development, which could see up to 1,000 homes added to the local area.

In Essex, a £60m scheme to ease traffic and improved safety will now go-ahead.

The Fairglen Interchange near Wickford, where the A13, A130 and A127 join together, will be upgraded.

The project includes a new link road that will provide a direct route from the A130 southbound to the A1245, from where traffic can easily access the A127, at the Fairglen Roundabout.