HC Deb 27 July 1967 vol 751 cc246-53W
116. Mr. Galbraith

asked the Minister of Transport if she will list the 81 major road projects which were due to start between August, 1965 and January, 1966, and which were deferred for six months, giving the actual date on which work was originally scheduled to start and the date on which each was scheduled to be completed, the date on which each project

PRINCIPAL ROAD SCHEMES
Target starting date at time of deferment Target completion date at time of deferment Actual or revised target starting date Revised target completion date Estimated grant value
At time of deferment Current
£000
Surrey
Maidstone - Guildford (A25) Bletchingley and Nutfield 12.65 4.67 11.67 12.70 109 109
Coventry
A4114 Binley Road 10.65 10.66 3.66 11.66 100 94
Bolton-Lancashire
Farnworth and Kearsley By-Pass 10.65 10.67 7.66 7.68 1,958 2,087
Northumberland
A697 Weldon Bridge Diversion 11.65 11.67 10.66 10.68 308 308
West Riding
Horbury By-Pass 9.65 6.67 8.66 2.68 252 268*
Loughborough
New Road between A6 Derby Road and A60 9.65 7.66 1.66 12.66 93 128
Southend-on-Sea
I.R.R. Northern Section 9.65 9.67 2.66 2.68 731 870
Ring Road, Part Eastern Section 9.65 9.67 141
Ashford
A292 Diversion of East Hill 8.65 6.66 4.66 10.67 111 114
Hertfordshire
Southern Link Road Hatfield New Town 10.65 7.67 5.66 5.68 312 410
Greater London Council
High Street, Feltham 12.65 9.66 11.66 9.67 187 188*
Hillington
Cowley Road, Uxbridge 12.65 3.67 1.67 12.68 240 218*
Richmond
Heath Road, Twickenham 9.65 9.66 8.66 9.67 96 96
Hampshire
Ringwood to Bournemouth Spur 9.65 9.67 8.67 8.69 1,065 1,320
Surrey
A24 Dorking By-Pass to Folly Lane 1.66 12.67 7.66 12.67 409 383
Surrey
A31 Farnham By-Pass Extension 11.65 5.67 8.66 8.68 360 360
Plymouth
Crownhill junction 1.66 1.68 5.67 2.69 580 737
Reading
A33 Bridge St. Bridges 12.65 2.68 1.67 9.67 120 131
Birmingham
Coventry Road, Clay Lane-City Boundary 11.65 12.67 10.67 10.69 401 401*
Dudley
A461 Stourbridge Road 1.66 9.66 8.67 11.68 152 152*
Warley
Relief Road-Route-A457 Stage II 1.66 7.66 8.67 11.68 77 72
Wolverhampton
I.R.R. Section III Salop St. Waterloo Road 1.66 1.68 10.66 8.68 970 1,047
Cheshire
Wilmslow By-Pass 11.65 11.67 Scheme superseded 220
Lancashire
Higham Diversion 12.65 12.66 9.66 9.67 77 77*
Preston
I.R.R. Stage I 1.66 1.68 10.66 10.68 764 708

started or is now planned to start, and the date on which each will now be completed, and indicating in each case the estimated cost at the time of deferment and the current estimate of the cost.

Mr. Swingler

The following is the list.

Target starting date at time of deferment Target completion date at time of deferment Actual or revised target starting date Revised target completion date Estimated grant value
At time of deferment Current
£000
St. Helens
A570 Impt. of Marshalls Cross Railway Bridge 12.65 5.67 11.67 5.69 105 110
West Riding
Cinder Oven Bridge 1.66 1.67 Scheme superseded 151
Hertfordshire
Watford-Rickmansworth, Cassio Bridges 11.65 5.67 10.67 4.69 112 195
Hampshire
Basingstoke Development Worting Road Diversion 11.65 5.67 11.66 5.68 72 70
Basingstoke Development West Tangential Road, North 11.65 5.67 11.66 5.68 422 417
Greater London Council
Strand Subway 1.66 10.66 Under review 325
Greater London Council
Streatham Place 1.66 3.67 3.67 12.67 195 188*
Greater London Council
Finchley Road (A41) 12.65 6.69 7.66 7.69 2,258 2,651
Newham
Barking Road/Green Street to Town Hall 12.65 12.66 1969–70 1970–71 200 243*
London
Upper Thames Street (Bush Lane-Arthur Street) 1.66 1.67 12.66 9.67 360 343
Greater London Council
Beckenham Road Railway Bridge 10.65 10.66 3.67 3.68 80 121
Greater London Council
Holloway Road Railway Bridge 9.65 5.66 11.68 12.69 120 118
Hounslow
Gunnersbury Station Railway Bridge 1.66 7.67 6.67 6.69 130 151*
Greater London Council
St. Johns Hill, Battersea 12.65 4.66 10.66 10.67 250 146
Buckinghamshire
Black Horse Canal Bridge 8.65 8.66 8.66 6.67 90 87
Birmingham
Paradise Circus 11.65 11.68 3.67 12.70 2,670 2,670*
Brownhills
Walsall-Lichfield Road 12.65 12.66 3.68 3.70 225 240
West Riding
Haigh Cottages-Oulton 10.65 11.67 3.68 3.70 375 340
West Riding
Stanningley By-Pass 9.65 9.67 8.66 5.68 992 990
* Grant value being reviewed.

MOTORWAY AND TRUNK ROAD SCHEMES
Target starting date at time of deferment Target completion date at time of deferment Actual or revised target starting date Revised target completion date Estimated cost
At time of deferment Current
£000
M1—Tankersley-Darton 12.65 12.67 8.66 8.68 7,320 6,731
Darton-Horbury 1.66 1.68 8.66 8.68 7,210 7,268
Lowering of A580 10.65 3.67 3.66 11.67 1,500 1,236
M4—Chiswick-Langley Lighting 9.65 2.66 8.66 10.67 120 100
A66—Crackenthorpe Diversion, Westmorland 9.65 6.67 5.66 9.67 142 154
A5—Newton Bridge, Brownhills, Staffordshire 9.65 9.66 8.66 8.67 135 111
A46—Syston to Thrussington, Leicestershire 9.65 6.67 6.66 11.67 420 351
A38—Blue Linhay Hill to East Caton Cross, Ashburton, Devon 10.65 5.67 4.66 4.67 275 235
A38—Lee Mill-Westover, Ivy-bridge, Devon 9.65 9.66 4.66 4.67 169 190
A31—Tricketts Cross to Hampshire County Boundary, Dorset 10.65 10.66 5.66 5.67* 111 150
A34—Newcastle-under-Lyme Bypass, Southern Section, Staffordshire 10.65 5.67 8.66 2.68 380 380
A56—Daresbury Diversion, Cheshire 9.65 1.67 6.66 8.67 429 330
A63—Widening through Garforth, West Riding 10.65 1.67 8.66 11.67 124 128
A12—Woodbridge Road-Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk 11.65 11.66 8.66 9.67 100 94
A10—Mitcham's Corner, Cambridgeshire 1.66 7.66 8.66 5.67* 104 106
A38—Red Cross Hill - Trehill Lodge Kenn, Devon 11.65 6.66 7.66 6.67* 368 340
A38—Drumbridge - Chudleigh Knighton Bridge, Devon 11.65 5.67 2.67 10.68 346 472
A6—Cat Row to Oakfield Drive, Bolton, Lancashire 11.65 11.66 7.66 9.67 103 116
A127—Hall Lane Cross Roads, Essex 11.65 11.66 6.66 3.67* 238 256
A38—Staffordshire Boundary to Mickleover Link, Derbyshire 12.65 12.67 5.66 5.68 1,546 1,478
A6—Blackrod By-pass to Dog Holes Farm Lancashire 12.65 9.66 under review under review 100 102
A64—Malton By-pass (Eastern Section) North Riding 12.65 12.67 Scheme abandoned
A38—Cutwell Cross to Carew Arms, Ugborough, Devon 11.65 11.66 11.66 11.67 134 164
A38—Ashburton By-pass, Devon 11.65 11.66 6.67 5.68 134 220
A6—Dicconson Lane to St. John's Avenue, Westhoughton, Lancashire 1.66 1.67 10.66 1.68 120 124
A1—Long Bennington By-pass, Kesteven, Lincolnshire 12.65 12.67 1.67 1.69 779 942
A6—Stoughton Drive, Leicester City Boundary, Leicestershire 8.65 8.66 4.66 12.66* 92 76
A34—Stone Road-Eccleshall Road Roundabout, Stafford 10.65 10.66 8.67 4.69 100 147
A27—Diversion at Crocken Hill, West Sussex 10.65 1.67 4.66 4.67* 98 102
A127—Rayleigh Weir Round-about, Essex 11.65 8.66 12.66 9.67 98 111
A3—Hogslodge to Gravel Hill, Hampshire 11.65 6.67 12.67 6.69 99 132
A33—South of Popham, Hampshire 12.65 12.66 8.66 8.67 99 98
A1—Westmains Diversion, Belford, Northumberland 12.65 12.66 10.67 10.68 77 96

A4—Rosedale Crescent to Reading Boundary, Berkshire 1.66 10.66 9.67 12.69 170 450
(Scheme revised and extended)
A38—Beare Diversion, Devon 1.66 1.67 9.66 9.67 99 111
A69—Scarrow Hill Improvement, Cumberland 12.65 5.67 11.66 5.68 150 139
A583—Ribby Corner, Lancashire 11.65 11.66 12.66 2.68 151 186
High Wycombe By-pass Contract II 8.65 10.67 6.66 6.68 4,156 3,991
* Date road opened to traffic.