§ Mr. BARCLAY-HARVEYasked the Minister of Transport what was the total mileage of classified and unclassified roads in the Counties of Midlothian, Ayr, Renfrew, Banff and Inverness: what amounts were given to each of these counties from the Road Fund towards the maintenance of Classified roads and towards improvements to unclassified roads and their maintenance in the financial year ending 31st March, 1927; and how such amounts compare with the yield of a rate of 1d. in the £ on owners and occupiers in each of these counties?
§ Colonel ASHLEYI have no information as to the yield of a 1d. rate on owners and occupiers in the counties mentioned. The information asked for in the rest of the question is contained in the Table which follows: 1045W
Country. Mileage of Roads. Grants made from Road Fund during 1926–27. Classified Roads—Improvements. Grants made during 1926–27. Classified. Unclassified. Total. Classified Roads Maintenance Only. Unclassified roads. Total of Costs 5 to 7. Maintenance. Improvement. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) £ £ £ £ £ Midlothian … 179 280 459 32, 126 3, 351 — 35, 477 4, 202 Ayr … 425 876 1,301 79, 974 14, 324 489 94, 787 35, 550 Renfrew … 123 277 400 28, 686 4, 260 — 32, 946 7, 850 Banff … 230 452 682 8, 068 1, 086 — 9, 154 12, 727 Inverness … 776 857 1,633 16,313 2, 096 1,935 20,344 254,526 The last figure in Column 9 includes the special grants towards the reconstruction of the Perth-Inverness and the Kinlockleven-Ballachulish roads.