HC Deb 28 November 1956 vol 561 cc380-3

Scheme and Highway authority

26. Mr. Janner

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will give for each road scheme for which he is responsible, and the total cost of which would be more than £10,000, the date when all the land had been acquired.

Mr. Watkinson

I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT the information requested as regards land acquired since the roads concerned became trunk roads. There are, in addition, a number of major improvement schemes on trunk roads where the land was already incorporated in the highway at the time the roads became trunk roads. I have no information about the date of acquisition in these cases.

Mr. Stokes

May I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether his statement will show the basis on which the land has

DATES WHEN ALL LAND HAD BEEN ACQUIRED FOR TRUNK ROAD MAJOR IMPROVEMENT WORKS EACH COSTING MORE THAN £10,000 IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND WHERE WORKS HAVE NOT YET STARTED (EXCLUDING LAND INCORPORATED IN THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME THE ROAD BECAME A TRUNK ROAD)
Date
1. A. 1 Edworth to Astwick Turn, Beds. Dual carriageways 22.3.41
2. A. 1 Ferrybridge to Darrington, West Riding. Dual carriageways 31.12.54
3. A. 1 From B. 6285 to Tally-ho Farm, North Riding. Provision of second carriageway 30.6.53
4. A. 5 Watford Gap Bend, Northants. Improvement *26.7.56
5. A. 6 Clophill, Bedford. Widening 10.4.42
6. A. 6 Boathouse Canal Bridge, Leicester. Reconstruction 23.9.40
7. A. 6 Stints Bridge, Leicester. Diversion 10.6.43
8. A. 6 Lockington Railway Bridge, Leicester. Completion 31.1.39
9. A. 6 Cromford Corner to Masson Mills, Derbyshire. Improvement 25.10.49
10. A. 6 Bakewell Road, Matlock, Derbyshire. Improvement 30.10.51
11. A. 12 Gallows Corner, Essex. Improvement * 7.5.56
12. A. 12 Ingatestone, Essex. By-pass 16.10.41
13. A. 33 Otterbourne, Hampshire. Improvement *25.7.56
14. A. 34 Birmingham Boundary to Walsall Boundary, Staffordshire. Dual carriageways 14.5.53
15. A. 38 Clifton to Sandford, Worcester. Widening 10.3.55
16. A. 38 Sandford to Severn Stoke, Worcester. Widening
17. A. 38 Stretton Road to County Boundary, Staffordshire. Widening 28.10.41
18. A. 40 Cefn Brynch, Brecon. Diversion *24.7.56
19. A. 465 Dowlais Top Diversion to Lechryd By-pass, Glamorgan. Widening 11.12.50
20. A. 47 Necton, Norfolk. By-pass 29.3.55
21. A. 48 Flambert Farm to Penhow, Monmouth. Improvement 24.1.56
22. A. 48 Royal Oak to Coldra, Monmouth. Improvement 31.12.52
23. A. 48 Stormy Down to Redhill, Glamorgan. Widening 8.12.54
24. A. 48 Pyle Hill, Glamorgan. Widening * 9.10.56
25. A. 48 Ddawan Bridge, Cowbridge, Glamorgan. Widening *16.1.56
26. A. 55 The Grove, Llanfairfechan, Caernarvonshire. Widening 3.7.54
27. A. 55 Pen-y-Clip, Penmaenmawr, Caernarvonshire. Widening 25.1.49
28. A. 59 Dunnings Bridge, Lancashire. Improvement 11.3.54
29. A. 61 Smithy Houses to Marehay Level Crossings, Derbyshire. Improvement 1.1.55
30. A. 428 West of Bromham, Bedford. Widening *22.10.56
31. A. 449 North of Llangibby, Monmouth. Improvement 3.9.49
32. A. 483 Llwynbrain-Gaufron Uchaf, Radnorshire. Diversion 19.6.48
33. A. 483 Llymwynt Brook to 20th Milestone from Builth, Radnorshire. Widening 18.5.51
34. A. 483 Bwlch Cottage, Montgomeryshire. Diversion 11.4.47
35. A. 483 Buttington Cross Roads, Montgomeryshire. Roundabout 11.4.47
36. A. 483 Brynarth Coch, Brecon. Widening 26.2.53
37. A. 483 Glanmynys, Carmarthen. Diversion 11.11.48
38. A. 483 Llanwrda, Carmarthen. Diversion 12.11.53
39. A. 483 Abermarlais, Carmarthen. Diversion 2.2.49
40. A. 487 Llanelltydd Bridge, Merioneth. Temporary Bridge *22.10.56
41. A. 494 Ffronwydd, Merioneth. Widening *12.12.55
* Date when permission to enter was given in advance of completion of acquisition.
27. Mr. Janner

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will state which of the road schemes for which he is responsible, and the total cost of each of which would be more than

been acquired? Will it be existing use value or some speculative value which the Government are only too willing to pay?

Mr. Watkinson

The statement will show what I was asked to give, and that is a list of the schemes. If the right hon. Gentleman is interested in costs, etc., he should put down a Question, and I will try to answer it.

Mr. Stokes

I am interested in land values.

Following is the information:

£10,000, he hopes to authorise by the end of the financial year 1958–59.

Mr. Watkinson

I hope to authorise something over 200 trunk road schemes costing over £10,000 each between now and April, 1959. I would rather not, however, at this stage, give a hard and fast list of the detailed schemes.

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