§ Viscount Lambtonasked the Minister of Transport if he will give details and dates of the initiation of all planned 70W major road schemes in the counties of Durham and Northumberland.
§ Mr. MarplesThe following schemes costing more than £100,000 each are included in my road programme:
— Estimated Cost Proposed Starting Date £ Co. Durham Motorways A1 Darlington-Durham Motorway 20,000,000 Work in progress on Darlington By-pass Trunk Roads A. 19 Shotton By-pass 100,000 1963–64 A.19 Sheraton By-pass 120,000 1963–64 A. 184 Wardley-White Mare Pool Improvement 650,000 * Classified Roads Tyne Tunnel (with Northumberland) 12,600,000 In progress Seaham Level Crossings 110,000 In progress Darlington Inner Ring Road (Stage I) 470,000 1963–64 Durham City Relief Road (Stage I) 790,000 1963–64 Sunderland Inner Ring Road (Stage I) 450,000 1963–64 Stockton Ring Road (North-West) 210,000 1963–64 A. 177 Hare & Hounds—Holdforth Improvement 160,000 1963–64 A. 1055 White Mare Pool—Hadrian Road 500,000 1963–64 A.695 Scotswood Bridge (with Newcastle) 2,000,000 1963–64 South Shields, John Reid Road 500,000 1963–64 Gateshead, A.1/East-West Link 860,000 1965–66 Northumberland Trunk Roads A.1 Alnwick By-pass 850,000 * A. 1 Morpeth By-pass 1,250,000 * A.69 Haydon Bridge 190,000 * Classified Roads A. 1068 Warkworth Bridge 140,000 In progress Newcastle, Pilgrim St. Roundabout and Underpass 1,250,000 In progress Newcastle, Inner Ring Road 5,000,000 1963–64 Newcastle, A.1/Grandstand Road Junction 350,000 1964–65 Newcastle-Tynemouth Coast Road 2,500,000 1963–64 * Starting date not yet settled, but scheme is included in my trunk road programme for the next four years.