HC Deb 30 May 1956 vol 553 cc214-5
11. Mr. Gresham Cooke

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will consider providing dual-carriageways at those places where it is now proposed to widen A.1 between London and Newcastle.

The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (Mr. Harold Watkinson)

I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the 23 schemes on A.1 each costing over £100,000; of these, 22 provide for dual carriageways. These schemes when completed will transform A.1 into a major North-South road link designed to cope with modern traffic conditions.

Mr. Gresham Cooke

While we are waiting for the motorway to be built to the North, would it not be a good thing to make the A.1 a complete dual carriageway right through?

Mr. Watkinson

I agree that we ought to press on and try to make, as far as we can, the A.1 a dual carriageway North-South highway. I think that if my hon. Friend looks at the details which I am circulating he will see that we are going a long way towards doing that in the present scheme.

Mr. Jeger

Would the Minister put alongside each of those schemes the approximate date of starting the work?

Mr. Watkinson

I will certainly look into that.

Following is the list of schemes on A.1, each costing over £100,000, as announced last year for authorisation in the years 1955-56 to 1958-59:

  1. 1. Page Street to Mill Hill, Middlesex; widening.
  2. 2. Between Apex Corner and S. Mimms Bypass, in Middlesex; widening.
  3. 3. Between A.411 and Dyrham Park, Herts; widening.
  4. 4. Biggleswade By-pass, Bedfordshire.
  5. 5. Sandy to A.428, Bedfordshire; widening.
  6. 6. Alconbury Hill to Woolpack Cross Roads, Hunts; widening.
  7. 7. Woolpack Cross Roads to Norman Cross, Hunts; widening.
  8. 8. Norman Cross to Water Newton By-pass, Hunts; widening.
  9. 9. Wansford-Water Newton By-pass, Hunts.
  10. 10. Wansford Bridge to Stamford boundary, Soke of Peterborough; widening.
  11. 11. Colsterworth Diversion, Kesteven.
  12. 12. Grantham By-pass, Kesteven.
  13. 13. East Retford By-pass, Notts. (Elkersley By-pass to Five Lane End); widening.
  14. 14. East Retford By-pass, Notts. (Five Lanes End to north of Checkerhouse); widening.
  15. 15. Doncaster By-pass, Notts. and W. Riding.
  16. 16. Wetherby By-pass, W. Riding.
  17. 17. Between Wetherby and Allerton Station, W. Riding; widening.
  18. 18. Allerton Station (Hopperton) By-pass, W. Riding.
  19. 19. Between Leeming and Catterick, N. Riding; widening.
  20. 20. Catterick By-pass, N. Riding.
  21. 21. Browney Bridge to Farewell Hall, Durham; widening.
  22. 22. Gosforth to Gosforth Park, Northumberland; widening.
  23. 23. Stamford Inner Relief Road (Single 33 ft. carriageway).

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