§ Sir R. Gowerasked the Minister of Transport whether he can give a list of toll roads and toll bridges which have been freed during the past ten years, together with the total cost of the schemes which have resulted in such freeing and the actual cost of purchasing the toll rights of each of the bridges or roads referred to?
§ Mr. BurginThe following are the particulars:
I. Amounts paid since 1927 for purchase of toll rights of toll roads and bridges and (in brackets) the total cost of the scheme where the purchase formed part of a larger scheme.
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(i) Toll Roads. £ Nelson Road, Salisbury 2,850 (6,618) Silverdale Road, Lancaster R.D.C. 1,500 Weston-Coyney Road 525 (24,605)
(ii) Toll Bridges. £ High Level, Newcastle-on-Tyne 160,000 Gainsborough 130,000 (134,687) Redheugh, Newcastle-on-Tyne 115,000 Northam, Southampton 79,288 (83,415) Kingsferry, Kent 50,000 Bursledon, Southampton 40,960 (42,260) Derwent or Bubwith, Yorks 12,126 Gunthorpe, Notts 9,500 (26,121) Wylam, Northumberland 7,249 Yar, Isle of Wight 6,294 Tal-y-cafn, Caernarvon 5,100 Small Hythe, Kent 3,992 Voryd, Denbigh 3,500 (126,534) Hoarwithy, Hereford 2,500 Boughrood, Radnor and Brecon 1,480 (1,803) Hilgay, Norfolk 1,250 (1,381) Oxney or Stone Ferry, Kent 1,204 Hay, Radnor and Brecon 900 Holme Lacy, Hereford 725 II. In the following schemes tolls were abolished on the reconstruction of the road or bridge, no payment being made for purchase of toll rights:
(i) Toll Roads. £ Providence Lane, Vale Mill Lane and Ebor Lane (Oakworth and Haworth U.D.C.) 7,149 (ii) Toll Bridges. Queensferry, Flint 91,266 Wallasey Pool, Birkenhead 10,290 Cleveland, Bath 10,150 III. In the following schemes diversions afforded an alternative route to a toll bridge:
£ Calverley, Yorks … … 155,356 Loftsome, Yorks … … 38,819 Guist, Norfolk … … 3,644 IV. Walsey Bridge, Barrow-in-Furness, was freed from tolls without assistance from the Road Fund and particulars of cost are not available.