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I think it's populist posturing by Osborne.
He is inferring (to those that don't know better) that he is making a big investment in new roads. Most people don't realise that the total pool of VED isn't enough to do this and that roads are largely subsidised by non-motoring taxes.
So he gets to stand up and basically say 'look at us caring about roads and motorists' and the ignorant of that number will say 'that's great, I like roads, nice one Tories'. But nothing really changes.