Roads (Hansard, 16 February 1976)

§ Mr. Stephen Ross
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 3,100 miles of unbuilt roads which he proposes to build.

§ Dr. Gilbert
Some 2,000 miles of the 3,100 miles of high-quality strategic routes are already open to traffic. The remaining 1,100 miles consist of schemes on the following routes:
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A1, 2, 5, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 23, 27, 30, 31, 34, 38, 40, 41, 45, 47, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 127, 133, 168, 303, 405, 428, 449, 483, 523, 590, 603, 604, 5111 and 5117.
A1(M).
M1, 3, 5, 11, 18, 20, 25, 26, 27, 40, 42, 54, 56, 58, 64, 65 and 180.

§ Mr. Stephen Ross
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many miles of local authority roads he proposes to grant aid as a result of his 3,100 miles road programme; and if he will list any more schemes of which he has knowledge.

§ Dr. Gilbert
None specifically, but my right hon. Friend is paying 100 per cent. grants for schemes on four local authority roads he intends to aid to the trunk road network. All other local authority road spending is grant aided as part of general transport spending through the rate support and transport supplementary grants.