§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will set out the criteria for de-trunking roads in the United Kingdom; and whether they will list, with the date of de-trunking in each case, those trunk roads that have been de-trunked and those which it is planned to de-trunk. [HL74]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)We announced in the White PaperA New Deaf For Transport that a core network of trunk roads had been identified which links the 74WA main centres of population and provides access to major ports, airports and rail terminals; access to peripheral regions; key cross-Border routes to Scotland and Wales; and includes trans-European network routes. This core comprises some 70 per cent of the existing motorway and all-purpose trunk road network. It is proposed to de-trunk the remaining non-core routes and this is now the subject of detailed discussions with individual local highway authorities. We expect the de-trunking to be phased over a number of years. A list of routes proposed for de-trunking is below.
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Routes proposed for De- Trunking Road Number Route Start Route End A4 Bristol Bath A4 M4 Jct. 5 M25 Slough A5 Jct. with A38 M6Jct. 12 A6 Luton Manchester A7 Carlisle Scottish Border A10 M25 Jct. 25 King's Lynn A12 Ipswich Lowestoft A15 Lincoln Jct. with A63 Ferriby A16 Stamford Grimsby A17 King's Lynn Newark A19 Thirsk Selby M32 Bristol M4Jct. 19 A34 Birmingham A5011 Cheshire Border A36 Bath M27 Jct. 2/Southampton A38 Birmingham Jct. A5 A38 Birmingham M50 Jct. 1 A39 Indian Queens Barnstaple A40 M40Jct. 8 Ross-on-Wye A41 GLA Boundary M40.Jct. 9 A41 M54 Jct. 3 South of Chester A43 Ml Jct. 15a Stamford A44 A34 Oxford A40 A45 Northampton M45 A45 A46 M42 Jct. 6 A46 M4 Jct. 18 Bath A47 Leicester A1 A48 A40 Highnam Welsh Border A49 M56 Jct. 10 Shrewsbury A51/A500 Chester M6 Jct. 16 A54/A556 Chester M6 Jct. 19 A57 Lincoln Sheffield A57 M60/M67 Jct. Manchester A58 Leeds Halifax A59 M57 Jct. 7/M58 Preston A59 M6 Jct. 31 Skipton A60 Nottingham Jct. with A614 A61 Alfreton Sheffield A63 Howden Leeds A64 Leeds A1 A65 M6 Jct. 36 Jct. with A660 A134 King's Lynn Thetford A140 Needham Market Norwich A167 A1(M) Chester-le-Street A1(M) Brafferton A339 M3 Jct. 6 A34 South of Newbury A361 Barnstaple M5 Jct. 27 A361 Banbury — A405 M10 A41 A414 A1(M) M10 A417 West of M5 — A420 A34 A419 A423 M40 North of Banbury Coventry A423 A34 South of Oxford Heyford Hill roundabout A428 Jct. with A421 East of Bedford Northampton A435 Jct. 3 M42 Jct. A46 Alcester A446 Jct. A452 Jct. A453/A38 A449 Jct. 6 M5 Birmingham A449 Jct. with A5 M6 Jct. 13 A452 Jct. with A4041 Birmingham Brownhills A456 Birmingham Kidderminster A465 Hereford Welsh Border A516 Jet. with A38 Derby Jet. with A50
Routes proposed for De-Trunking Road Number Route Start Route End A523/A52 Stockport Derby A550 M53 Jet. 5 A5117 A557 M62 Runcorn—Widnes Bridge A565 Liverpool Southport A565 Southport A59 South of Preston A570 Southport A580 St. Helens A580 Liverpool Manchester A585 M55 Jet. 3 Fleetwood A595/A5092 Calder Bridge A590 A596 Carlisle Workington A606 Nottingham Widmerpool A46 A614 Nottingham Bawtry A614 M62 Jet. 37 Howden A629 Skipton Jet. with A59 A650 A638 Wakefield Bawtry A646 Burnley Halifax A650 Jet. with A629 Bradford A660 Leeds Jet. with A65 A696/A68 Newcastle Int. Airport Scottish Border A1001 A1(M)Jct. 2 A1(M)Jct.4 A1041 Selby North Yorkshire County Boundary A1079 Dunswell A64 York Bypass A1237 City of York — A4123 Birmingham — A6514 Jet. with A52 Nottingham Jet. with A60