§ 15. Sir Cooper Rawsonasked the Minister of Transport whether he will give particulars, including estimated cost, of schemes for the construction of by passes which have not yet been started or have been abandoned because of the war; and whether he has consulted the military authorities as to the advisability of proceeding with some of these schemes?
§ Captain WallaceThe answer to the first part of the Question is a long one, involving a considerable number of figures, and I will, with permission, circulate it in the Official Report. As regards the second part of the Question, I can assure my hon. Friend that the closest touch is maintained with the military authorities in order to ensure that schemes necessary to meet war requirements are put in hand without delay.
§ Sir C. RawsonIs my right hon. and gallant Friend aware that there is a great deal of unemployment in the hard-stone industry throughout the country; and can he not facilitate these schemes and see that they are proceeded with as early as possible?
§ Captain WallaceThat, I think, is an entirely different question.
§ Captain StricklandWill the Minister bear in mind always the high strategic value of good roads?
§ Following is the answer to the first part of the Question:
689§ The following schemes for the construction of by-passes or diversions costing £10,000 and upwards will not now be put in hand unless they are needed either for war requirements or to meet urgent public needs.
| Grant-aided Schemes | |
| Authority and Scheme. | Estimated Cost. |
| £ | |
| Kent C.C.— | |
| Sevenoaks By-Pass | 550,000 |
| Riverhead By-Pass | 41,000 |
| Herts. C.C— | |
| East Barnet By-Pass | 235,000 |
| Bucks. C.C.— | |
| Chalfont St. Peters By-Pass | 118,000 |
| Hunts. C.C— | |
| Fletton By-Pass | 29,000 |
| Lincs. (Kesteven) C.C.— | |
| Leadenham By-Pass | 16,000 |
| Berks. C.C.— | |
| Newbury Relief Road | 32,000 |
| Somerset C.C.— | |
| Wincanton By-Pass | 18,000 |
| Bridgwater Relief Road | 103,000 |
| A.39 Diversion (Wilton-Mine-head Road) | 225,000 |
| A.361 Diversion (Watford Cross-Othery Road) | 207,000 |
| A.370 Diversion (West Town By-Pass) | 125,000 |
| Leicestershire C.C.— | |
| Thurmaston By-Pass | 59,000 |
| Oxfordshire C.C.— | |
| Adderbury By-Pass | 49,000 |
| Salop C.C— | |
| Egmond Diversion | 10,000 |
| Warwickshire C.C.— | |
| Warwick By-Pass | 150,000 |
| Durham C.C.— | |
| Durham City Relief Road | 97,000 |
| Yorks. W.R. C.C— | |
| Ripon Relief Road | 49,000 |
| Skipton Relief Road | 17,000 |
| Redhouse-Crofton By-Pass | 63,000 |
| Leeds Ring Road | 105,000 |
| Leeds— | |
| Westgate Relief Road | 194,000 |
| Yorks. E.R. C.C— | |
| Malton By-Pass (part) | 63,000 |
| West Hasterton By-Pass | 12,000 |
| Yorks. N.R. C.C— | |
| Malton By-Pass (part) | 150,000 |
| A. 165 Diversion (Scarborough-Filey) | 146,000 |
| Cheshire C.C.— | |
| Kingsway (Cheadle By-Pass) | 119,000 |
| Dones Green Diversion | 20,000 |
| Derbyshire C.C.— | |
| Worksworth By-Pass | 12,000 |
| Lancs. C.C.— | |
| Middleton Road By-Pass, Morecambe | 35,000 |
| Southport— | |
| Water Lane Diversion | 21,000 |
| Kilmarnock T.C.— | |
| Kilmarnock By-Pass (section 3 and 4) (Sections 1 and 2 to be completed) | 63,000 |
| £3,133,000 |
| Trunk Road Schemes. | |
| Estimated Cost. | |
| London-Edinburgh-Thurso Road— | £ |
| Boathouse Bridge and Diversion | 58,600 |
| New Bridge over Rive Avon at Linlithgow | 47,578 |
| New Bridge over Rive Allan at Bridge of Allan | 62,666 |
| Diversion from Kindallachan Bridge to Haugh of Kilmorich | 16,292 |
| London-Great Yarmouth Road— | |
| Brentwood By-Pass | 260,656 |
| Ingatestone By-Pass | 81,875 |
| London-Folkestone-Dover Road— | |
| Maidstone By-Pass | 773,600 |
| London-Holyhead Road— | |
| Loughton By-Pass | 72,580 |
| London-Carlisle-Carlisle-Glasgow-Inverness Road— | |
| Barton By-Pass | 62,446 |
| Mountsorrel By-Pass | 192,264 |
| Quorn By-Pass | 60,048 |
| Stints Bridge Diversion | 39,228 |
| Winchester-Preston Road— | |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 107,538 |
| Swansea-Manchester Road— | |
| Diversion of Pontardulais Road, including reconstruction of Cadle Bridge | 14,618 |
| Northwich By-Pass—Eastern Section | 163,991 |
| Liverpool-Preston-Leeds Road— | |
| Loughton By-Pass | 137,636 |
| Sheffield-Grimsby Road— | |
| Hatfield By-Pass | 57,882 |
| Edinburgh-Carlisle Road— | |
| Groundiston Diversion | 10,368 |
| Perth-Aberdeen-Inverness Road— | |
| Diversion at River Pilgair | 27,415 |
| Total Estimated Cost | £2,247,286 |
| In addition there are the following improvement schemes, which include the construction of diversions: |
| Estimated cost. | |
| London-Edinburgh-Thurso Road— | £ |
| Spital Gap Lane to junction with A.545, including Shilling Hill Diversion | 60,743 |
| London-Fishguard Road— | |
| Melin Llan to Pen-y-gors, including diversions at Bryntwood and Llangyfelach | 113,430 |
| London-Carlisle-Glasgow-Inverness Road— | |
| Widening, including diversions at Millbank, Poneil and south of Coalgill from Newfield Inn to 1.7 miles south of Millbank | 252,972 |
| Widening between Telford Bridge Diversion and Abington, including diversions at Crawford, Hurlburn Bridge and Abington | 219,640 |
| Widening between Dumfries County Boundary and Telford Bridge Diversion, including diversion at Paddy's Rickle Bridge | 278,629 |
| Estimated Cost. | |
| London-Carlisle-Glasgow-Inverness Road (cont.)— | £ |
| Widening from north of Miltons Road to Moffat Bridge, including diversion at Beattock | 83,193 |
| Birmingham-Gt. Yarmouth Road— | |
| Widening A. 447 and construction of By-Pass to Earl Shilton | 174,400 |
| Chester-Bangor Road— | |
| Widening between Bod Erw, St. Asaph and Kimnel, including two diversions | 166,958 |
| Edinburgh-Carlisle Road— | |
| Reconstruction north of Appletreehall Road junction, including diversion at Newton | 17,870 |
| Gretna-Stranraer-Glasgow Stirling Road— | |
| Widening from City of Glasgow Boundary to Baden heath Bridge, including diversions to Muirhead and Mollinsburn | 217,920 |
| Widening from east of Lanarkshire Boundary to east of Stirling Boundary, including diversion at Cumbernauld and Castlecary | 197,200 |
| Total Estimated Cost | £1,782,965 |