§ Sir Eldon GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the announced £1½ billion additional expenditure is to be invested in highways in East Anglia; what sums are currently being spent on highways in this region; and if he will publish a list of the trunk road schemes currently under construction, shortly to be started and in preparation in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex with the approximate cost of each.
§ Mr. ChopeThe £1½ billion additional expenditure over three years announced by the Secretary of State on 6 November is almost all for public transport provision throughout the country, including East Anglia. Provision for highways was not increased.
Forecast expenditure on motorways and trunk roads in the Department's eastern region—the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire—is estimated at £312 million in 1991–92.
The total of local authority expenditure budgets for local roads in these counties for 1991–92 is £102 million capital and £198 million current.
Following is a list of the motorway and trunk road schemes in progress in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
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Approximate £ million works costs (excluding VAT) NORFOLK, NATIONAL SCHEMES Under construction A47 East Dereham—North Tuddenham 7.6 A47 Norwich Southern Bypass Contract 1 9.7 Contract 2 10.2 Contract 3 17.1 Contract 4 22.6 A12 Gorleston Relief Road 19.2 A47 Narborough Bypass 2.25 A10 Brandon Creek to Southery 1.0 To start construction this financial year A11 Thetford to Bridgham Heath 3.4 A11 Besthorpe to Wymondham 22.9 In preparation A17/A47 Tilney High End to Sutton Bridge 35.2 A10/A47 A134 Hardwick Roundabout Improvement 16.4 A47 Hardwick to East Dereham 72.0 A47 North Tuddenham to Easton 18.0 A47 Blofield to Acle 4.7 A47 Acle Straight Improvement 15.0 A11 Fiveways Roundabout to Thetford 42.1 A11 Roundham Heath to Attleborough 20.4 A11 Attleborough Bypass Improvement 9.0 A140 Dickleburgh to Norwich 24.0 A140 Scole to Dickleburgh 10.0 A47 Walpole Highway—Tilney High End 18.36 SUFFOLK, NATIONAL SCHEMES In preparation A12 Hartlesham—Wickham Market 12.6 A12 Wickham Market—Saxmundham 13.6 A12 Saxmundham Bypass Dualling 10.4 A12 Saxmundham—South of Wrentham 23.0 A12 South of Wrentham—Kessingland 8.0 A12 Lowestoft Relief Road 70.0 A12 South of Four Sisters GSJ 3.0 A45 Quarries Cross GSJ 3.0 A45 Rockery Cross GSJ 2.0 A140 Beacon Hill—Scole 34.0 ESSEX, NATIONAL SCHEMES Under construction A127 Rayleigh Weir GSJ 16.0 In preparation M25 Junctions 25.28 Rapid Widening 100.0 A127 M25—Rayleigh Weir 85.0 M12 M25—Chelmsford 65.0 A12 Chelmsford Bypass Widening 35.0 A12 Hatfield Peverel—Marks Tey Widening 40.0 A120 Stansted—Braintree (100 per cent, grant) 73.0 M11 Junction 5 North facing Slips 6.0 M11 Widening 75.0 A13 Wennington—Mar Dyke 23.5 A120 Braintree—A12 28.6