Some plans have been rejected

"It also reaffirms our commitment to improving public transport, improving our local environment and delivering a better quality of life for our local communities."

The announcement was welcomed by environmental campaign group, Transport 2000.

Director Stephen Joseph said: "This settlement contrasts favourably with last year, when 76 out of 77, road schemes proposed were approved.

"This year the government has listened to our concerns about some of the road schemes put forward by councils, several of which would have been environmentally damaging.

"We still have concerns about some of the schemes, such as the Northumberland Link Road and the Oakham Bypass, but the government has in general listened to environmental concerns this year and we welcome this."

The package is part of the 10-year Plan for Transport, published by the government last summer, worth �180bn.

• Oldham Retaining Walls, a scheme to reconstruct 13 miles (22 kilometres) of walls alongside principal routes (�14m).

• Barnsley Interchange, South Yorkshire, to centralise bus facilities in Barnsley (�17.9m).

• A628 Cudworth and West Green Bypass, Barnsley (�17.1 m).

• Sheffield Station pedestrian access, South Yorkshire (�7.65m).

• A57(T) M1 Junction 31 - Todwick crossroads, Rotherham (�6.2m).

• A65 Quality Bus Initiative, Leeds, a scheme to provide extensive bus priority measures along the A65 (�20.9m).

• Walton Bridge Replacement Scheme, Surrey (�25.2m).

• A228 Main Road to Ropers Lane (Phase One), Medway (�15.2m).

• Bletchley Link Road, Milton Keynes (�13.5m).

• Junction 11, M4, improvements, Reading (�37m).

• Kiln Lane Link Road, Epsom (�9.4m).

• Markham Employment Growth Zone, Derbyshire, the scheme will provide local access to proposed development sites north of M1 junction 19 (�21.5m).

• A612 Gedling Integrated Transport Scheme, Nottinghamshire, which includes the construction of a new link road (�6.3m).

• A6096 Ilkeston Awsworth Link Road, Derbyshire (�8.6m).

• Oakham Bypass, Rutland (�7.6m).

• Selly Oak Relief Road, Birmingham (�40m).

• Greater Manchester Northern Orbital bus corridors (�9.4m).

• Durham park and ride (�8.9m).

• Four Lane Ends Interchange, Tyne and Wear (�7.625m).

• Pegswood Bypass, Northumberland (�8.14m).

• Luton East Corridor South, improvements along the A1081/A505 corridor (�21.7m).

• Papworth Everard Bypass, Cambridgeshire (� 5.4m).

• Poole Bridge Regeneration Initiative, to build a second crossing of Poole Harbour's Backwater Channel (�34m).