Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will give, for each of the Welsh counties, the mileage of roads which have been upgraded to trunk roads, Class II increased to Class I, Class III to Class II and unclassified roads to Class II] since April, 1953, to date.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe figures are:
County Trunk Mileage of roads converted on and after the 1st April, 1953, into: Class I from Class II Class II from Class III Class III from unclassified Anglesey — 1.30 1.35 0.56 Brecon — — — 0.21 Cardigan — — — 1.90 Flint — — 4.48 — Glamorgan — — — 0.09 Montgomery — — — 19.11 Pembroke — — — 6.18 Radnor — 8.2 — — There were no changes in Carmarthen Caernarvon, Denbigh, Merioneth or Monmouth.
The mileage classified as Class III was largely in substitution for Class III roads declassified as follows:
Brecon 0.24 Cardigan 1.70 Montgomery 19.11 Glamorgan 0.09 Pembroke 6.15 During the same period the following mileages were raised from unclassified to Class II:
Carmarthen 1.27 Denbigh 0.38 Glamorgan 0.52