§ Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Minister of Transport, if he will state, giving the mileage in respect of each, those motorways or lengths of motorway for which no line had yet been proposed, a draft scheme had been published, a scheme had been made, tenders had been invited, a contract had been placed, which were under construction, and which were in use, including part of M.4 and M.5 near Bristol, respectively, as at 31st October.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe information requested is set out in the table below. Details of all motorways near Bristol are included. Minor amendments have been made to the mileage of certain completed schemes in the light of the more accurate measurements now available.
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MOTORWAYS IN USE Miles M1 London-Yorkshire Aldenham-Crick 73 Crick-Misterton 7½ M2 Medway Motor Road 25¼ M4 London-South Wales Slough By-Pass 5½ Maidenhead By-Pass 6 M5 Bristol-Birmingham Lydiate Ash-Twyning 26 M6 Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Dunston-Preston 78¼ Preston By-Pass 8 Lancaster By-Pass 11½ M50 Ross Spur 21½ A1(M) Doncaster By-Pass 15½ Stevenage By-Pass 7 A20(M) Maidstone By-Pass 6¾ — Stretford-Eccles By-Pass(Classified motorway built by Lancashire County Council) 6 — Filton By-Pass (Classified motorway built by Gloucestershire County Council) 2¼ 300
MOTORWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Miles M1 London-Yorkshire Page Street-Edgeware Bury Lane (Hendon Motorway) 4¼ Edgeware Bury Lane-Aldenham 4 Brockley Interchange — Misterton-Whetstone-Markfield 18¾ Markfield-River Trent 12½ River Trent-Stanton-by-Dale 4¾ Stanton-by-Dale-Nuthall 4¾ M4 London-South Wales Chiswick-Langley 12½ Almondsbury-Hambrook 3¼ Almondsbury Interchange 2¼ Severn Bridge and Approaches 9½ Crick-Newport 9 Newport By-Pass 7 M5 Midland Motorway Links Lydiate Ash-Quinton 6 M6 Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Preston-Lancaster 13¼ M6 Midland Motorway Links Darlston-Shareshill 6 Shareshill-Dunston 8¼ A1(M) Darlington-Barton By-Pass (including Darlington Spur) 13 A48(M) Port Talbot By-Pass 4½ A40(M) High Wycombe By-Pass Stokenchurch-Handy Cross 8 151½ 28W
TENDERS INVITED Miles M1 London-Yorkshire Nuthall-Pinxton 8½ Sheffield-Leeds (Tinsley Viaduct) ¾ 9¼
SCHEMES MADE Miles M1 London-Yorkshire Pinxton-Doncaster By-Pass 29¾ Sheffield-Leeds Spur 33¼ M4 London-South Wales Hambrook-Tormarton 8 Midland Motorway Links M6 Catthorpe-Darlaston 41¾ M5 South of Quinton-Great Barr 10 M6 Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Penrith By-Pass 8 A1(M) Baldock By-Pass 6¼ Durham Motorway 21¾ A40(M) High Wycombe By-Pass HandyCross-Burkes Road (including Viaduct) 5 M5 Birmingham-Bristol South of Strensham-East of Almondsbury 41 Cribbs Causeway-Easton-in- Gordano 6 M6 Lancashire-Yorkshire Worsley-Moss Moor 17 Moss Moor-Outlane 7¼ 235
DRAFT SCHEME PUBLISHED Miles M1 London-Yorkshire Fiveways Corner ½ M5 Birmingham-Bristol Easton-in-Gordano-East Brent 20½ M62 Lancashire-Yorkshire Outlane-Lofthouse 19½ A40(M) Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross By-Pass 7½ — Thurcroft Motorway Link 1¾ M6 Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Lancaster-Penrith 36½ 86¼
LINE NOT YET PUBLISHED Miles M1 London-Yorkshire PageStreet-North Circular … 2 M3 London-Basingstoke … 39¾ M4 London-South Wales Maidenhead-Tormarton … 71½ M6 Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Penrith-Carlisle … 12 Carlisle By-Pass … 7 M62 Lancashire-Yorkshire Lofthouse-A1 … 10½ M11 London-Bishops Stortford … 32 A20(M) Ditton By-Pass … 6½ M23 London-Crawley … 27 M61 Preston-Manchester … 22¼ 230½