Schemes (Hansard, 19 December 1955)

§ Mr. Boyd-Carpenter,

pursuant to his replies [OFFICIAL REPORT, 3rd November. 1955; Vol. 545, c. 142, and 14th December, 1955; Vol. 547, c. 192–202], supplied the following further information:

For the sake of brevity the information is confined to schemes costing more than £5,000.

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Agent Authority	Trunk Road	Brief Description of Scheme	Estimated Cost	Date Work Started
			£
North Riding C.C.	Borough Bridge-Thirsk (A.168).	Widening at Asenby	6,411	25.7.55
West Riding C.C.	Leeds-York-Scarborough (A.64).	Improvement of bend at Headley Bar.	9,944	31.8.55
West Riding C.C.	Liverpool-Warrington-Sheffield-Lincoln-Skegness (A.57).	Widening at Lindrick Common	8,168	17.10.55
Todmorden T.C.	Leeds-Halifax-Burnley-Blackburn-East of Preston (A.646).	Improvement of bends near Recreation Ground.	5,250	3.10.55
Leicester C.C.	Bath-Cheltenham-Coventry-Leicester-Lincoln (A.44).	Widening and reconstruction of Lewin Bridge, Syston.	14,890	27.7.55
Leicester C.C.	N.E. of Birmingham-Nottingham (A.453).	Improvement of Junction at Appleby Fields Cross Roads.	9,881	8.8.55
Lindsey C.C.	Norman Cross-Grimsby (A.16).	Widening of High Ferry Level Crossing, Sibsey.	7,014	26.9.55
Norfolk C.C.	Birmingham-Great Yarmouth (A.47).	Reconstruction of Constitution Hill Railway Bridge.	25,673	6.9.55
East Suffolk C.C.	London-Great Yarmouth (A.12).	Reconstruction of Benhall Over-bridge.	30,954	26.9.55
West Suffolk C.C.	Ipswich-Newmarket (A.45)-Cambridge-St. Neots-Bedford-Northampton-Weedon.	Improvement from Southgate Green to Railway Bridge, Rougham Hill, Bury St. Edmunds including reconstruction of Southgate Bridge and widening of junction at Rushbrook Lane.	15,515	1.10.55
Pembroke C.C.	Fishguard to Bangor (A.487).	Improvement of visibility on bends at Temple Bar.	6,229	15.8.55
Caernarvon C.C.	Fishguard-Bangor (A.499).	Improvement between Bontnewydd and Bodaden Estate.	12,939	20.9.55
Berwick C.C.	London-Edinburgh (A.1)-Thurso.	Strengthening of Renton School Bridge.	7,330	30.9.55
Inverness C.C.	London-Edinburgh (A.9)-Thurso.	Improvement at Lentram Bridge	7,814	20.10.55
Ayr C.C.	Glasgow-Greenock (A.78).	Strengthening of Bridge No. 2 at Eglinton Road, Irvine.	8,969	22.8.55
Kincardine C.C.	Dennyloanhead (A.92)-Kincardine-Kirkcaldy-St. Andrews.	Den of Logie and Limpet Mill Diversion.	19,314	30.9.55
Roxburgh C.C.	Edinburgh-Carlisle (A.7).	Improvement at Buckholme Tunnel.	76,031	8.8.55

SCHEMES AUTHORISED SINCE 20TH JULY ON WHICH WORK HAS NOT YET STARTED
Agent Authority	Trunk Road	Brief Description of Scheme	Estimated Cost	Date Work Authorised
			£
Pembroke C.C.	Fishguard-Bangor (A.487).	Improvement at Llwyn Gwair	5,705	21.7.55
Merioneth C.C.	Maentwrog-E. of Conway (A.496).	Improvement at Bwlchygwynt, Blaenau Ffestiniog.	6,747	21.7.55
Cardigan C.C	Longon-Bangor (A.487).	Improvement at Penglais Hill, Aberystwyth.	24,755	21.7.55
Somerset C.C.	Taunton-Fraddon (A.39).	Provision of footpath and bus bays at Norton Fitzwarren (2nd section).	5,230	22.7.55
Northants C.C.	London-Holyhead (A.5).	Widening from Upper Stoweturn to Stowe Hill Canal Bridge.	37,404	10.8.55
Norwich City C.	London-Norwich (A.11).	Roundabout at junction of A.11 with A.1074.	6,869	11.8.55

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Agent Authority	Trunk Road	Brief Description of Scheme	Estimated Cost	Date Work Authorised
			£
Middlesex C.C.	London-North Circular Road (A.406).	Improvement from St. Anne's Road to Stonebridge Park.	82,373	15.8.55
Beeston and Stapleford U.D.C.	Nottingham-Stoke-on-Trent (A.52).	Visibility improvement at Pinfold Lane, Stapleford.	9,474	22.8.55
Lancaster T.C.	London-Carlisle-Inverness (A.6).	Improvement at No. 7 Stonewall, Lancaster.	5,724	12.8.55
Yorks (N.R.) C.C.	E. of Snaith-Sunderland (A.19).	Improvement, ½ mile north of Bagby crossroads near Thirsk.	7,184	12.8.55
Northumberland C.C.	Newcastle-upon-Tyne Edinburgh (A.696).	Improvement from Ottercops Mess Farm to Milestone, Otterburn 5 (about 600 yards).	10,462	2.9.55
Worcester C.C.	Exeter-Leeds (A.38)	Widening from Worcester City towards Kempsey.	15,630	7.9.55
West Sussex C.C.	London-Brighton (A.23).	Reconstruction of Tushmore Roundabout (northern end of Crawley By-Pass).	26,383	7.9.55
Hereford T.C.	Newport-Shrewsbury (A.49).	Improvement at junction of Belmont Road and Beattie Avenue.	5,653	8.9.55
Cumberland	Levensbridge-Carlisle (A.S95).	Lowering of road under Distington Railway Bridge.	23,551	12.9.55
Warwick C.C.	London-Holyhead (A.45).	Construction of dual carriageway between Ryton-on-Duns-more and Coventry By-Pass.	86,805	14.9.55
Yorks (W.R.) C.C.	Leeds-York-Scarborough (A.64).	Improvement of bend near Kiddall Bridge between Leeds and Tadcaster.	5,877	14.9.55
Northants C.C.	Oxford-Market Deeping (A.43).	Improvement of bend at Duddington.	10,122	13.9.55
Cumberland C.C.	Carlisle-Sunderland (A.69).	Improvement between Warwick Bridge Village and Corby Hill crossroads.	15,369	15.9.55
Kent C.C.	London-Dover (A.2)	Improvement at Broadwalk, Rainham.	13,021	15.9.55
Ipswich B.C.	London-Great Yarmouth (A.12).	Widening of Great Yarmouth Road and Valley Road.	27,893	22.9.55
Cambridge C.C.	Ipswich-Weedon (A.45)	Construction of Bottisham By-Pass.	15,092	22.9.55
Cambridge C.C.	Ipswich-Cambridge-Weedon (A.45).	Improvement east of Bottisham	7,898	28.9.55
Berwickshire C.C.	London-Edinburgh-Thurso (A.1).	Glen Fin Diversion	48,974	28.9.55
Kent C.C.	London-Dover (A.2)	Improvement of Princes Road, Dartford at junctions with Lowfield Street, Mead Road and Highfield Road.	7,588	28.9.55
West Suffolk C.C.	Ipswich-Weedon (A.45).	Improvement at Westley crossroads near St. Bury Edmunds.	7,384	28.9.55
Yorks (E.R.) C.C.	York-Hull (A.1079)	Improvement, 1,600 yards east of B.1246 at Barmby.	6,603	30.9.55
Renfrew C.C.	Glasgow-Greenock-Monkton (A.8).	Improvement at Cliff Lodge, Inverkip.	8,520	11.10.55
Cornwall C.C.	London-Penzance (A.30).	Improvement of bend, Oil Tanks Corner, near Torpoint.	6,559	11.10.55
Aberdeen C.C.	Perth-Inverness (A.92)	Diversion at Cuttie Burn, St. Fergus.	6,463	11.10.55
Bucks C.C.	London-Birmingham (A.41).	Improvement at New House Farm, Waddesdon.	20,818	11.10.55
Aberdeen B.C.	Perth-Inverness (A.92)	Widening of Bridge of Don (Trunk Road portion of combined Trunk and Classified Roads Scheme).	127,950	15.10.55
Devon C.C.	Exeter-Leeds (A.38)	Widening and strengthening Broad Cyst Bridge and approaches.	8,940	20.10.55
East Sussex C.C.	London-Brighton (A.23).	Construction of Handcross By-Pass.	189,512	22.10.55

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Agent Authority	Trunk Road	Brief Description of Scheme	Estimated Cost	Date Work Authorised
			£
Stirling C.C.	London-Edinburgh-Thurso (A.9).	Construction of Linlithgow Bridge.	146,310	24.10.55
Northumberland C.C.	Newcastle-upon-Tyne-Edinburgh (A.696).	Improvement of Low Byrness Bridge.	24,370	25.10.55
Westmorland C.C.	London-Carlisle-Inverness (A.6).	Improvement to bend at Otter-bank Farm, near Kendal.	15,370	28.10.55
Dumfries C.C.	Gretna-Stirling (A.75)	Widening at Thrushwood and Beconrae.	7,274	28.10.55
Isle of Ely C.C.	London-King's Lynn (A.10).	Widening at Plantation House, North of Ely.	9,085	31.10.55
Isle of Ely C.C.	London-King's Lynn (A.10).	Improvement at Waterlees Road Junction, Wisbech.	6,196	31.10.55
Midlothian C.C.	Newcastle-upon-Tyne-Edinburgh (A.696).	Improvement at The Magazine, Pathead.	25,893	31.10.55

SCHEMES ESTIMATED TO COST OVER £5,000
TRUNK ROADS
SCHEMES ON WHICH WORK HAS STARTED SINCE 20TH JULY, 1955
Agent Authority	Trunk Road	Brief Description of Scheme	Estimated Cost	Date Work Started
			£
Slough B.C.	London-Bristol (A.4)	Widening between the Three Tuns crossroads and Windsor Lane, Slough.	67,600	29.9.55
Kent C.C.	London-Folkestone-Dover (A.20).	Duplication of carriageway on Sidcup By-pass between The Avenue and Crittals Corner.	14,027	17.10.55
Middlesex C.C.	London-Bristol (A.4)	Cromwell Road Extension	1,086,000	24.10.55
Hants C.C.	S.W. Basingstoke to Southampton (A.33).	Improvement at Hut Hill north of Southampton.	42,784	24.9.55
Oxford C.C.	W. of Maidenhead-Oxford (A.423).	Improvement at Shillingford Village.	7,470	August, 1955
Gloucester C.C.	London-Fishguard (A.48).	Reconstruction and realignment of carriageway between Bullo Bridge and Sparks Hill.	32,000	18.8.55
Gloucester C.C.	Bath-Cheltenham-Coventry-Lincoln (A.46).	Reconstruction of carriageway and diversion of side road at Pitchcombe.	13,300	22.8.55
Wiltshire C.C.	West of Southampton-Salisbury-Bath (A.36).	Diversion at Whaddon	34,573	3.10.55
Cornwall C.C.	Taunton-Barnstaple-Bude-Fraddon (A.39).	Widening of road and provision of footway at Gonvena Hill, Wadebridge.	5,440	11.10.55
Hereford T.C.	Newport-Shrewsbury (A.49).	Reconstruction and widening of Widmarsh Bridge.	7,030	15.8.55
Herefordshire C.C.	Newport-Monmouth-Ross-on-Wye-Worcester (A.449).	Diversion at Chances Pitch, Colwall.	28,409	23.8.55
Worcestershire C.C.	East of Birmingham-Birkenhead (A.4123).	Realignment of junctions of Taylors Lane and Portway Road, Oldbury and provision of traffic light signals.	7,720	24.8.55
Worcestershire C.C.	Exeter-Leeds (A.38)	Widening of carriageway south of Kempsey from Bagnall to Clifton.	16,234	5.9.55
Stretford T.C.	Swansea-Manchester (A.56).	Widening of Chester Road at White City Greyhound Racing Track and provision of bus lay-by.	5,924	30.8.55
Cheshire C.C.	Winchester-Preston (A.50).	Reconstruction of Railway Bridge No. 35 and widening of approaches at Holmes Chapel.	44,135	September 1955
Durham C.C.	London-Edinburgh-Thurso (A.1).	Diversion and provision of dual carriageways, Browney Bridge to Farewell Hall.	128,633	15.8.55
Durham C.C.	Carlisle-Sunderland (A.69).	Winford Terrace to Swan Hotel—widening.	18,833	10.10.55