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Mon 11 Nov 2002Government told roads' plan could cost at least €22bnThe Government has been told the roads programme in the National Development Plan could cost €22 billion, or more, unless "immediate and, if necessary, radical measures" are taken to recast it.All options, including "rescheduling of projects and reconsideration of some priorities, in terms of the level and standard at which they are to be undertaken, will need to be considered in this regard", according to Department of Finance documents.