Cast_Iron wrote:

Hence (part of) my last sentence... "New trunk roads are
now often carried out as DBFO's"

Fine, but DBFO does not confer ownership.

Agreed but the OP used the phrase "With one exception all transport systems
in the UK are privately owned and/or managed." Note the 'or' in 'and/or'.

ALL UK trunk roads are privately managed and most new trunk roads are, in
addition, designed and built privately.






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