§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list all the motorway and trunk road contracts with a works cost of £1 million or more which his Department intends to award for 1987–88 showing, in each case, the total value of the contract and the expenditure likely to be incurred in that year.
£ million Route Title Works cost estimate Forecast expenditure in 1987–88 We plan to let contracts on the following schemes which have completed all their statutory procedures: M25 Widening between junctions 11–13 24 9.0 M40 Oxford to Birmingham (Warwick section) 55 15.0 M62 Eastbound Climbing Lane (junctions 21–22) 3 0.5 M62 Westbound Climbing Lane (junctions 24–25) 2 0.0 M63 Stretford to Eccles improvement stage 4 7 1.5 M62 Manchester motorway box (M62, M63, M66) signal improvements 21 1.7 A2 London boundary to M2 improvement contract 4 1 0.8 A3 Compton to Shackleford improvement 8 3.4 A10 Melbourn bypass 4 1.4 A16 South of Haven Bridge Boston 3 1.5 A17 Long Sutton/Sutton Bridge bypass 12 4.5 A30 Blackwater bypass 4 1.4 A34 Hanford grade separated junction 5 3.1 A34 Whitway diversion 5 2.5 A35 Dorchester bypass 8 2.0 A39 Barnstaple bypass 15 3.5 A43 Peartree Hill to Wendlebury 22 4.0 A46 Coventry eastern bypass 23 9.0 A47 Acle bypass 7 1.9 A49 Leominster bypass 9 5.2 A69 Horsley to Corbridge improvement 3 2.3 A69 Newcastle western bypass 56 10.8 A69 Newcastle western bypass advanced works 8 6.0 A361 Newtown to Barnstaple 19 3.0 A417 Birdlip bypass 2 0.0 Sub-total (25 schemes) 326 94.0 We also aim to let contracts on the following schemes for which statutory procedures are still outstanding: M3 Compton to Bassett improvement 18 4.0 M40 Oxford to Birmingham (Banbury bypass) 150 0.5 A6 Barton bypass 6 0.0 A17 Fosdyke bypass 3 1.5 A19 Peterlee grade separated junction 2 1.0 A27 Pevensey bypass 6 1.5 A41 Bicester southern bypass 3 0.0 A42 Measham Ashby bypass 34 7.8 A46 Newark relief road 27 5.0 A52 Bottesford bypass 4 1.7 A52 Nottingham outer relief road, Abbey street grade separated junction 4 0.0 A435 Alcester bypass 8 0.0 A49 Prees bypass 2 0.0 A140 Dickleburgh bypass 2 0.1 A696 Woolsington bypass 9 0.0 Sub-total (15 schemes) 274 23.1 Total (40 schemes) 606 117.1 Note:
The works cost estimates given are pre-tender estimates of the cost of the road schemes. In addition to the main works contract, they include ancillary items and statutory undertakers' fees. The actual value of the contracts when let may differ from those quoted above.
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§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information requested is as follows. The national road construction contracts actually let in 1987–88 will differ from this list, depending on the progress on outstanding statutory and other procedures. Other schemes not listed may start in 1987–88 if progress with their procedures is faster than currently expected.