§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list, giving the mileage in respect of each, 367W 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 September 1975;
(2) 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, at 30th September 1975.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThere were no local authority motorway schemes in use, under construction, confirmed or awaiting confirmation.
The information in respect of trunk roads in Wales at 30th September 1975 is as follows:
Mileage In Preparation Castleton to Coryton 8.0 Firmly Programmed Tredegar Park to St. Mellons 4.7* Coryton to East of Miskin 5.2† East of Miskin to Pencoed 7.0‡ Bridgend Northern Bypass 8.1 Pyle Bypass (Stage II) 1.5 26.5 Under Construction Pyle Bypass (Stage I) 4.4 Pontardulais Bypass 8.4 12.8 In Use Newhouse to Tredegar Park 18.6 Port Talbot Bypass 4.4 Morriston Bypass 4.0 27.0 * Work started 3rd November. † Work started 1st October. ‡ Work started 27th October.
§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, giving the estimated cost of each, those trunk road schemes costing over £250,000, which were added to the forward road programme during the six months ended 30th September 1975.
§ Mr. Alec JonesNo schemes were added to the firm programme during the six months ended 30th September 1975.