§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many miles of(a) motorway and (b) near-motorway standard trunk road have been started in Wales in each year since 1979.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe number of miles of major new construction involving motorway and dual carriageway trunk roads started in Wales for each year since 1979 are given in the following table:
Motorway standard Dual carriageway 1979–80 — 14.5 1980–81 2.7 3.1 1981–82 — 22.8 1982–83 — 14.4 1983–84 — — 1984–85 — 5.9 1985–86 — 16.5 1986–87 — 9.5 1987–88 — 7.6 1988–89 — — 1989–90 3.0 7.1 1990–91 — 3.9 5.7 105.3