HC Deb 01 August 1956 vol 557 cc159-61W
88. Mr. G. Wilson

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT an up-to-date list of the important schemes of road construction or improvement on which work has actually started or is expected to start soon.

Mr. Watkinson

Work has already started or is expected to start before the end of the present financial year on the following schemes. The lists include only those schemes which are expected to cost at least £100,000 each. There are, of course, a large number of smaller schemes under £100,000 on which work is proceeding.

The following are the lists:

SCHEMES STARTED IN 1955

Bridges

  • Conway Bridge, Caernarvonshire.
  • Langstone Bridge, Hayling Island, Hampshire.

London and approaches

  • Cromwell Road Extension.

Urban schemes

  • Bridgwater, inner relief road.
  • Lincoln, bridging of Pelham Street level crossing.
  • Warrington, bridging of Wilderspool level crossing.

Trunk road schemes

  • A.1, Browney Bridge to Farewell Hall, Durham, diversion and dual carriageway.
  • A.5, Markyate, Herts., by-pass.
  • A.6, Cavendish Bridge, Derbyshire, reconstruction.
  • A.20, Ashford, Kent, by-pass
  • A.40, Oxford to Islip turn, widening.
  • A.52, Borrowash to Sandiacre, Derbyshire, widening.
  • A.57, West Drayton, Notts., diversion.
  • A.69, Newcastle City boundary to Throckley, widening.

SCHEMES STARTED JANUARY—JUNE, 1956

Bridges

  • Runcorn—Widnes Bridge, Lancashire—Cheshire

London and approaches

  • A.12, Newbury Park Station, Essex, bridge reconstruction.
  • A.40, Western Avenue, Middlesex, dualling Victoria Road to Park Royal.

Urban schemes

  • Manchester, Western Road, Wythenshawe, new road and bridge.
  • Plymouth, Eastern Approach Road, Gasking Street—St. Andrew's roundabout.
  • Southampton, inner ring road.
  • Swansea, East Side Approach Road, Vale of Neath railway bridge.
  • Swansea, Neath Road, reconstruction of Wychtree Bridges.
  • A.1, Stamford to Kesteven boundary, Rutland, improvement.
  • A.1, Gosforth to Gosforth Park, Northumberland, widening (completion).
  • A.6, Preston, by-pass (motorway).
  • A.23, Handcross, Sussex, by-pass.
  • A.34, Stratford Road, Shirley, Warwickshire, widening.
  • A.34, Stafford—Strongford Bridge (Part I), Staffs., second carriageway.
  • A.45, Ryton-on-Dunsmorc to Coventry, Warwickshire, second carriageway.
  • A.59, Liverpool—Aintree road. Lanes., improvement.

SCHEMES EXPECTED TO START BY 31ST MARCH, 1957.

Bridges and tunnels

  • Dartford—Purfleet Tunnel, Kent—Essex.
  • Barton High Level Bridge, Lancashire.

London and approaches

  • Route 11, City of London, new road.
  • Elephant and Castle improvement, Part I.
  • Notting Hill Gate, widening, etc.
  • Roehampton Lane, widening.
  • Strand, widening.
  • A.1/A.41, Mill Hill to Page Street, Middlesex, second carriageway.
  • A.3, Kingston By-pass. Hook Road fly-over, Surrey.
  • A.10. Great Cambridge Road, Bury Street—Carterhatch Lane, Middlesex, second carriageway.
  • A.40, Western Avenue, Middlesex, dualling Alperton Lane—Greenford Railway bridge.
  • Uxbridge Road (A.4020). Middlesex, widening.

Urban schemes

  • Billingham, Durham, Saltworks Bridge, diversion.
  • Birmingham, inner ring road (Part I).
  • Cheadle, Cheshire, completion of Kingsway.
  • Christchurch, Hampshire, by-pass.
  • Gloucester, by-pass (completion).
  • Leeds, Headrow, extension.
  • Portsmouth, new road (Cosham) connecting London Road (A.3) and Southampton Road (A.27).
  • Slough, Bucks., reconstruction of Uxbridge Road bridges.
  • Stone, Staffs., by-pass

Trunk road schemes

  • A.1, Alconbury Hill to Water Newton Bypass, Hunts., dual carriageways (three schemes).
  • A.1/A.57, East Retford, Notts., by-pass (Part I).
  • A.1, Doncaster Mill Bridge, reconstruction
  • A.1, Wetherby, West Riding, by-pass.
  • A.1, Allerton Station (Hopperton), West Riding, by-pass.
  • A.1, Sinderby, North Riding, bridge and approaches
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  • A.4, Newbury, Berks., East-West relief road
  • A.6, London Colney, Herts., by-pass.
  • A.23, Handcross to Crawley by-pass, Sussex, second carriageway.
  • A.38, Alrewas to Lichfield, Staff's., second carriageway.
  • A.45, Meriden, Warwickshire, by-pass.
  • A.48, Neath, Glamorgan, by-pass (Part II).
  • A.48, Tabernacle Chapel to Llanfair, Discoed Arches, widening.
  • A.48, Redhill to Stormy Down, Glamorgan, improvement.
  • A.52, Borrowash, Derbyshire, by-pass.
  • A.59, Longton, Lanes., by-pass.