§ Mr. Brewisasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, giving the mileage in respect of each, those trunk motorways or lengths of motorway in preparation, firmly programmed, under construction, and those motorways or lengths of motorway in use, respectively, as at 30th April.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe informa tion as at 30th April 1973 is given below:
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In use Miles M90—INVERKEITHING- PERTH (a) Admiralty Road Flyover—Duloch 1.9 (b)Cowdenbeath and Kelty Bypass Stage II 7.23 (c) Kinross and Milnathort Bypass 7.96
Miles M8—EDINBURGH-GLASGOW (a)Harthill Bypass 5.15 (b) West of Harthill-Newhouse 4.95 (c)Dechmont-Whitburn 7.55 (d) Newbridge-Dechmont 6.4 M74/A74—GLASGOW-CARLISLE TRUNK ROAD (Motorway section) (a)Hamilton Bypass Stage I 8.9 (b) Hamilton Bypass Stage II 4.65 M8/A8—GLASGOW-GREENOCK TRUNK ROAD (Motorway section) (a) Renfrew Bypass 6.42 (6) Bishopton Bypass Stage I 0.43 M9—EDINBURGH-STIRLING (a) Polmont and Falkirk Bypass 5.37 (b) Newbridge-Muriehall (including Kirkliston Spur) 3.51 (c) Stirling Bypass (South of Dunblane-Craigforth) 2.5 (d) Muriehall-Burghmuir 4.95 (e) Burghmuir-Lathallan 5.04 M898/A898—ERSKINE BRIDGE TRUNKROAD (Motorway section) Erskine Bridge Link 0.98 M73—MARYVILLE (M74)-MOLLINSBURN (A80) Maryville-Bailieston (A8)-Mollins-burn 6.66 90.55 Under construction
M9—EDINBURGH-STIRLING (a) Stirling Bypass (Craigforth-Torbrex 2.11 (b)Stirling Bypass (Torbrex-Pirnhall and Auchenbowie 3.55 M80—GLASGOW—STIRLING (a) Haggs-Bankhead 0.96 (b) Bankhead-Ingliston 2.61 (c)Ingliston-Pirnhall 2.97 12.20 Firmly programmed
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M 8—EDINBURGH-GLASGOW Baillieston-Glasgow City Boundary 0.85 M8/A8—GLASGOW-GREENOCK TRUNK ROAD (Motorway section) Bishopton Bypass Stage II 3.82 M9—EDINBURGH-STIRLING AND M876—DENNYLOANHEAD-KINCARDINE BRIDGE (a) Polmont and Falkirk Bypass-Stirling Bypass (M9) and Bells-dyke Road Bypass (M876) 10.66 *(b) Bankhead-North Broomage (M876) 3.81 M90—INVERKEITHING-PERTH (a) Arlary-Muirmont 8.00 (b) Muirmont-Craigend 3.20 M90/M85—PERTH BYPASS (a)Craigend-Broxden 2.50 (b)Craigend-Barnhill 0.75 33.59
Miles In Preparation M8—EDINBURGH-GLASGOW Newhouse-Baillieston 6.0 M74/A74—GLASGOW-CARLISLE TRUNK ROAD (Motorway section) Draffen-Lesmahagow 2.9 Lesmahagow Diversion 3.3 M77/A77—GLASGOW-STRANRAER TRUNK ROAD (Motorway section) Glasgow City Boundary-Mallets-heugh 2.5 M80—GLASGOW-STIRLING Glasgow-Haggs (including M73 extension) 13.5 28.2 * Contract let and work about to start.
§ Mr. Brewisasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, showing the mileage in respect of each, those local authority motorways or lengths of motorway in use, under construction, motorway schemes confirmed by the Secretary of State, and those made by the local authority and submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation, respectively, as at 30th April.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe information as at 30th April is given in the table below:
In use Miles Glasgow Inner Ring Road, North and West Flanks: Townhead Interchange 1.0 Kingston Bridge section 0.8 Woodside section 0.7 Charing Cross section 0.6 Total in use 3.1
Under construction Glasgow Monkland Motorway (Stage I) 1.9 Schemes confirmed by the Secretary of State Renfrew Motorway (Stage I) 1.89 Renfrew Motorway (Stage II) 2.16 4.05 Schemes made and submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation Monkland Motorway (Stage II) 3.46 Ayr Motorway (Stage I) 1.03 Total submitted for confirmation 4.49