Mr. Edwardsasked the Minister of Transport whether he will state the cost per mile for constructing two-way roads, such as sections recently completed on the Kingston by-pass; and the average cost of land purchased for road widening?
§ Captain WallaceThe average cost of constructing a new road 120 feet in width with two carriageways 30 feet wide, two cycle tracks 9 feet wide and two footpaths 8 feet wide, similar in layout to sections of the Kingston by-pass, varies from £60,000 to £75.000 a mile according 1339W to the amount of earthworks and the number of bridges involved. The variations in the cost of land, according to the locality and degree of development, are so wide as to make any "average figure" misleading.