§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the length in miles and location of the motorways to be built in Wales in 1969 and 1970.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesI refer the hon. Member to the Answer I gave the hon. Member for Leominster (Sir Clive Bossom) on 19th January 1967.—[Vol./ 739, c.136].
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§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will reclassify as a trunk road, the Neath-Pontardawe-Ammanford - Llandeilo - Llanwrda -Lampeter road, in view of the necessity of new industrial development in the area it serves.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesThe roads between Ammanford and Llandeilo (A483) and between Llandeilo and Llanwrda (A40) are already trunk roads. The roads between Neath, Pontardawe and Ammanford (A474) and between Llanwrda and Lampeter (A482) will become principal roads on 1st April and I see no need to enhance their status further.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the length in miles and location of the classified roads which will be regraded as trunk roads in Wales in 1969 and 1970.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesThe highway review associated with changes in local46W government finance introduced by the Local Government Act 1966 is continuing. No decisions have yet been taken about changes in the classification of roads which might be made in 1969 or 1970.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the length in miles and location of the dual carriageways to be built in Wales in 1969 and 1970.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesSchemes in progress and announced schemes in the Welsh road programme still to be started will increase the mileage of dual carriageways in Wales by about 50 miles to a total of more than 120 miles. It is impossible to say which roads will be built in a particular year since this must depend upon the progress made with preparatory and construction work, as well as on the availability of resources.