§ Mr. BIRKETTasked the Minister of Transport (1) whether any application has been received from the corporation of the city of Nottingham for sanction for any bridge building; if so, when such application was received, in respect of what scheme, at what estimated cost, and how many men are expected to be employed thereon; and what answer, if any, has been returned to such application;
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Scheme. Date when details were furnished by the Corporation. Estimated cost. Estimated period of Employment in men-months on the basis of 24,000 men-months of direct labour per £1,000,000 of expenditure. Decision on Application. £ (1) Nuthall Road widening … 26th July, 1928* 50,000 1,200 Grant made for a section estimated to cost £29,530. (2) Cinderhill Road, Coventry Road and Main Street widening. 14th November, 1928.* 45,512 1,092 Grant made. (3) Alfreton Road—widening and diversion at Bobbers Mill and construction of bridges over the L.M.S. Railway and River Leen. Revised details* 22nd November, 1929. 69,057 1,657 Approved for grant. (4) Mansfield Road and Hucknall Road corner improvement. Not yet received 1,000 24 Approved in principal for grant. (5) New road from Valley Road to Wollaton Road. 5th October, 1929. 252,372 6,057 do. (6) Forest Road and Hucknall Lane improvement. Not yet received 1,835 44 Deferred for further information. (7) Derby Road—widening of road and bridge. do. 22,410 538 Approved in principle for grant. (8) Radford Marsh and Wollaton Road improvement. do. 9,300 223 do. (9) Wollaton Road and St. Peter Street corner improvement. do. 4,050 97 Deferred for further information. * These schemes were under discussion before being incorporated in the five years' programme. The schedule which follows gives particulars of a number of further works which the Corporation have submitted as part of their five years' programme, but I understand that none of these works will be put in hand during the current financial year: (2) whether any applications have been received from the corporation of the city of Nottingham for sanction of any road schemes; if so, when such applications were received; in respect of what schemes; at what estimated cost; how many men are expected to be employed thereon; and what answer, if any, has been returned to such applications?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONIt is not practicable to separate the works on roads from those on bridges and the following reply covers both the hon. Member's questions:
In August, 1929, the Nottingham Corporation submitted a programme of works which they proposed to put in hand during the next five years. The programme has been discussed with the corporation and I am advised that the under-mentioned schemes can be put in hand before 31st March, 1931: