§ Mr. Andersonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the total amount of forward expenditure on all road programmes in Wales, taking into account the White Paper on the Welsh Economy entitled The Way Ahead, and his announcements on 28th June.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesThe £200 million programme mentioned in paragraph 55 of the White Paper covers major works of construction and improvement162W of motorways and trunk roads in the 1970's and beyond. I announced the first £19 million worth of these schemes on 13th March and a further £3 million worth on 28th June. Excluding these schemes the present programme contains £49 million worth of major trunk road schemes including the Chepstow inner relief road which I announced on 28th June.
The principal road programme at present contains £25 million worth of major schemes of which £17 million worth should be carried out by the early 1970's including the Milford Haven high level bridge which I announced on 28th June.
There will in addition be substantial expenditure on smaller schemes on trunk and principal roads throughout Wales and expenditure on roads of less importance financed entirely by local authorities with assistance from the rate support grant.