§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley - Davenportasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will issue a list of schemes under the road programme, costing over£100,000, which were started in the six months ended 31st December, 1958, with estimated completion date and total cost of each.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe schemes are:
provision for a third lane to be added later, and two-lane carriageways, without such provision, respectively.
§ Mr. WatkinsonIt would be premature to anticipate the design details of proposed motorways, but the details of all special roads for which the Minister will 93W be the highway authority and which are at present under construction or are being planned are as follows:
miles A.—3-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS London-Birmingham Motorway Beechtree junction (St. Albans) to Crick, Northamptonshire 58 Birmingham-Preston-Lancaster Motorway Dunston to south of Preston Bypass 78 London-South Wales Motorway New Brentford to London Airport Spur 6 142
B.—2-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS WITH PROVISION FOR 3RD LANE Birmingham-Preston-Lancaster Motorway Preston Bypass 8½ Lancaster Bypass 11½ 20
C.—2-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS WITHOUT PROVISION FOR 3RD LANE London-Birmingham Motorway Aldenham (Watford) and Park Street (St. Albans) Spurs to main motorway at Beechtree Junction 8 Watford Gap to Dunchurch (Dunchurch Spur) 8 London-South Wales Motorway Chiswick Flyover to New Brentford elevated road 1½ London Airport to West of Maidenhead (including Airport Spur) 16½ Severn Bridge and approaches from Almondsbury to Crick (Monmouthshire) 9½ Birmingham-South Wales Motorway Lydiate Ash to Twyning 27½ Twyning to Ross (Ross Spur) 20 Medway Motor Road 25 Doncaster Bypass 15 Darlington Bypass 8½ Stevenage Bypass 8 Maidstone Bypass 7 Port Talbot Bypass 4½ 159 Note.—The Newport Bypass, for which an alternative line is under consideration, has been excluded from this list.