HC Deb 26 October 1966 vol 734 cc178-9W
Mr. Galbraith

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the sections of dual carriageway trunk road, showing the mileages in each case, which have come into use since 1945, which are under construction, for which tenders have been invited, and for which schemes have been made, showing the actual or estimated completion date and the actual or estimated cost wherever possible.

3. Mr. Ross

Details of new and improved trunk roads provided each year in Scotland are available only from 1956. The information requested for 1956 and subsequent years is as follows:

Year of Completion Trunk Road Section Length (miles) Actual or Estimated Cost£m
1963 … A.9 Improvement, Southern approach to Dunblane Bridge 0.40 .05
A.74 Diversion at Beattock 2.60 .75
A.74 Improvement between Lesmahagow and Canderwater 4.00 1.29
A.77 Diversion at Eastwood Toll .030 .23
A.8 Baillieston to Newhouse 5.60 1.4
1964 … A.82 Barloan Diversion, Dunbartonshire 0.53 .13
A.90 Cowdenbeath: Kelty Bypass Stage I 1.9 .23
A.92 Cortens to Bridge of Muchalls, Kincardineshire 0.72 .13
A.80 Haggs to North of Dunipace Stirling (Denny Bypass 4.68 2.01
1965 … A.74 Telford Bridge to Hector's Bridge 4.73 1.08
A.77 South end of Fenwick Bypass .7 .09
A.74 Lockerbie Diversion 2.23 .9
A.74 Hector's Bridge to Lanark County Boundary 2.2 1.0
A.80 West of Cumbernauld to Castlecary 2.65 1.2
A.74 South of Millbank to Duneaton 5.86 1.45
A.85 Inchmichael to Longforgan 4.5 .9
1966 … M.8 Harthill Bypass 5.15 2.4
A.876 Bonnybridge and Larbert Diversion 3.75 1.41

2. Under construction
Estimated Completion Date Trunk Road Section Length (miles) Estimated Cost£m.
December, 1966 … M.74 Hamilton Bypass Stage I 9.0 8.34
December, 1966 … A.74 Beattock to Dumfries County Boundary. 5.75 1.4
Spring 1967 … A.74 Ecclefechan to Kirkpatrick Fleming 5.5 2.3
Summer 1967 … A.13 North of Riggend to East of Condorrat 2.87 1.52
Autumn 1967 … M.8 West of Harthill to Newhouse 5.9 3.1
End 1967 … A.8(M) Renfrew Bypass 6.2 5.4
Winter 1967 … A.92 Cortens to Limpet Mill .74 .11
Summer 1968 … M.9 Polmont and Falkirk Bypass 5.8 4.9
Autumn 1968 … A.82 Mountblow Road, Clydebank .34 .15
End 1968 … A.74 Hamilton Bypass Stage II 4.5 7.5

Schemes for which tenders have been invited

NIL

4. Special road scheme or trunk road order made
Proposed Completion Date Trunk Road Section Length (miles) Estimated Cost £m.
End of 1969 … M.8 Dechmont to Whitburn … 7.55 4.3
End of 1969 … A.74 Kirkpatrick Fleming to Gretna … 4.0 1.3
End of 1969 … A.82 Alexandria Bypass Stage I … 1.42 1.5
Spring 1970 … M.90 Cowdenbeath Bypass Stage II … 7.23 4/'