§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will now give an approximate estimate of the cost of each of the trunk road schemes set out in his Departments official statement of 27th July, 1955.
§ Mr. WatkinsonOn the information at present available the total cost of the 59 schemes set out in the statement of 27th July, 1955, will be about £17 million. At this stage I am not prepared to give the estimates for each individual scheme, since they may be subject to considerable variation depending on what is found when detailed engineering plans, etc.54W come to be prepared and such alterations in costs of labour and materials as may occur. Moreover, a large number of the schemes will be the subject of open contract in due course.