§ 83. Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will issue a list of schemes under the road programme costing over £100,000 which were started in the six months ended 45W 30th June, 1957, with estimated completion date and total cost of each.
ROAD PROGRAMME—ESTIMATED COST AND ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATES OF SCHEMES OVER £100,000 IN VALUE STARTED JANUARY—JUNE, 1957 — Estimated completion date Estimated total cost £ London and Approaches: Northern Approach to Blackwall Tunnel (demolition works) End of 1959 1,648,000 Roehampton Lane, A.306, Wandsworth (widening) Early 1958 232,000 Stratford High Street, A.11, West Ham (preliminary works) Mid 1958 176,000 Westminster, Strand, Widening (demolition works) End of 1958 278,000 Urban Schemes: East Side approach road, Swansea. Section III. Summer 1959 458,000 Headrow Extension, Leeds (roadworks) Spring 1958 242,000 Knightsford Bridge, A.44, Worcestershire Summer 1958 109,000 Stretford-Eccles By-pass, Lancashire. Stage I between B.5214 and A.575 including the Barton High Level Bridge. Spring 1960 3,304,000 Birmingham Inner Ring Road. Section 1, Part 1, Suffolk Street to Queen's Drive End of 1958 1,143,000 Oxford Eastern By-pass Early 1959 1,080,000 Kingsway, Cheadle (near Manchester) Spring 1959 513,000 Gloucester By-pass (final section) Autumn 1958 212,000 Halesowen By-pass, Worcestershire. Stage I Late 1958 125,000 Trunk Roads: A.l. Woolpack Cross Roads to Norman Cross, Hunts. Second carriageway End of 1958 361,000 A.l. Norman Cross to Water Newton By-pass, Hunts. Widening End of 1958 352,000 A.23.Crawley to Handcross, Sussex. Second carriageway. Part I, Woodhurst to Handcross End of 1958 172,000 A.45.Meriden By-pass, Warwickshire Mid 1959 610,000 A.470. Whitchurch By-pass, Glamorgan End of 1959 258,000 A.48. Neath By-pass, Glamorgan. Part II Spring 1960 1,742,000 A.57. East Retford By-pass, Notts. Elkersley to Five Lanes End Spring 1958 190,000