Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will make a comprehensive statement about the road programme in England and Wales, showing progress up to date, together with information as to further schemes authorised since 27th January, 1959, and giving similar information to that already provided about the Scottish road programme.
§ Mr. NugentThe progress of the road programme can be judged from the following figures of authorisation and expenditure on new construction and major improvements in England and Wales:
— 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 Authorisations … 33.2 63.6 69.5 Expenditure … 13.4 23.6 45.8 (All figures in £ million.) The following statement gives details of schemes authorised this year up to 31st May.
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A-SCHEMES COSTING OVER £100,000 (1) Trunk Roads Road Agent Authority Scheme Estimated cost Progress Estimated starting date Estimated date of completion (All in 1959) A.1 Consulting Engineers Stamford By-Pass 1,530,000 Contract let June End of 1960 A.1 West Riding and Notts C.C.s Doncaster By-Pass 5,560,000 Contract let June Summer, 1961 A.1 West Riding C.C. Red House to Wentbridge 710,000 Tenders to be invited soon Autumn Summer, 1961 A.1 West Riding C.C. Wentbridge By-Pass 850,000 Tenders invited Summer Early 1961 A.1 West Riding C.C. Micklefield By-Pass 640,000 Tenders received Summer Early 1961 A.1 West Riding C.C. Allerton Station to Boroughbridge 720,000 Contract let Summer End of 1960 A.1 North Riding C.C. Boroughbridge By-Pass to Dishforth Cross Roads 150,000 Work started in May, — Spring, 1960 A.30 Middlesex and Surrey C.C.s Staines By-Pass 2,390,000 Tenders invited Autumn Summer, 1961 A.4 (Motorway) Bucks and Berks. C.C.s Maidenhead By-Pass 2,780,000 Berks section started in May, 1959 Summer (Bucks section) End of 1960 A.6 Herts. C.C. South Mimms By-Pass 450,000 Land being acquired Autumn Autumn, 1961 A.34 Stoke C.B.C. Trentham Gardens to Campbell Road, Stoke 350,000 Land being acquired Autumn Spring, 1961 A.20 Kent C.C. Maidstone By-Pass (West Section) 1,110,000 Work started in April, 1959 — Summer, 1960 A.43 Oxfordshire C.C. Oxford N.W. By-Pass 180,000 Work about to start June Summer, 1960 A.63 East Riding C.C. North Ferriby By-Pass 510,000 Land being acquired Autumn Spring, 1961 A.405 Herts. C.C. Park St. to London Colney By-Pass 380,000 Tenders received Summer Summer, 1960 A.487 Merioneth Oakley Drive, Gellilydan, and diversion 170,000 Contract let June Spring, 1960 A.614 Notts. C.C. Blyth By-Pass 320,000 Contract let June Summer, 1961 Motorway Lanes, and Staffs. C.C.s and B.T.C. Birmingham-Preston Motorway: major bridgeworks 9,025,000 Tenders received Summer 1962 124W125W
(2) Classified Roads Road Highway Authority Scheme Estimated cost Progress Estimated starting date Estimated date of completion £ Black wall Tunnel (Class I) L.C.C. … … Duplication of Tunnel 7,312,490 Authorised Autumn, 1959 Autumn, 1964 126W127W
Road Highway Authority Scheme Estimated cost Progress Estimated starting date Estimated date of completion £ A.4202 … L.C.C. Park Lane Improvement 5,359,869 Statutory undertakers' works in progress Autumn. 1959 (sewer diversion started Sept., 1958) Autumn, 1962 A.4 … L.C.C. Hammersmith Flyover (Cromwell RoadExtension, Part V) 1,406,750 Authorised End of 1959 Autumn, 1961 Class I … L.C.C. Holborn—Kingsway 1,317,000 Authorised Autumn, 1959 Spring, 1961 Middlesex C.C. South Street, Enfield 973,678 Authorised Spring, 1960 Spring, 1962 Class I … Middlesex C.C. Staines By-Pass (Classified Road Portion) 752,000 Authorised Early, 1960 Summer, 1961 A.1014 … Thurrock U.D.C Stanford-le-Hope By-Pass, Essex 737,000 Authorised Spring, 1960 Autumn, 1961 A.217 … Surrey C.C. Banstead—Burgh Heath Road 218,300 Authorised Summer, 1959 Early, 1961 A.123 … Ilford T.C. Ilford Lane (Essex) 110,470 Work started in April, 1959 — Early, 1960 A.205 … Richmond T.C. Kew Road Bridge (Surrey) 105,593 (gross) 100,593 (nett) Authorised Early, 1960 Early, 1961 A.401 … L.C.C. Theobalds Road 104,193 Authorised Summer, 1959 Early, 1960 Class III … Middlesex C.C. Old Oak Common Lane, Acton 100,397 (gross) 97,712 (nett) Authorised Autumn, 1959 Spring, 1961 A.28 … Kent C.C. Canterbury Road, Margate 233,373 Authorised Autumn, 1959 Spring, 1961 A.379 … Plymouth C.B.C. Laira Bridge (Excluding approach in Devonshire) 565,000 Tenders about to be invited Summer, 1959 Summer, 1962 Class I … Birmingham C.B.C. Inner Ring Road Section II Upper Priory—Snow Hill 1,044,475 Authorised Summer, 1959 Early, 1961 Class I … Warwickshire C.C. Brownsover Diversion, Rugby 215,000 Tenders invited Summer, 1959 Summer, 1960 Class I … Wolverhampton C.B.C. Inner Ring Road (Part I) 146,007 Tenders invited Autumn, 1959 Autumn, 1960 A.483 … Swansea C.B.C. East Side Approach Road Fabian Street Section V 419,945 Authorised Spring, 1960 Spring, 1962 A.4058 … Glamorgan C.C. Pontypridd-Rhondda Road 140,781 Authorised Dependent on acquision of land 2 years from date of commencent Class I … Lancashire C.C Link Road to northernapproach to Runcorn-Widnes Bridge 1,024,000 Authorised Autumn 1959 ment Spring, 1962 A.5032 … Cheshire C.C Ellesmere Port Bridge 133,500 Authorised Summer, 1959 Summer, 1960
Road Highway Authority Scheme Estimated cost Progress Estimated starting date Estimated date of completion £ Class 11 … Northumberland C.C. Bebside-Sleekburn Diversion, including Kitty Brewster Bridge 286,200 Road works started in May, 1959 Summer, 1959 (bridge works) Summer, 1961 A.639 … West Riding C.C. Methley Bridge 145,000 Work about to start June, 1959 End of 1960 Class I … South Shields C.B.C. Keppel Street Bridge 108,060 Tenders being obtained Autumn, 1959 Spring, 1961 Class I … Leicester C.B.C. Central Ring Road, Part II: Church Gate-Great Central Street 121,374 Tenders being obtained Summer, 1959 End of 1960 Class I … Leicester C.B.C. Central Ring Road, Part III: Belgrave Gate-Abbey Street 131,975 Tenders being obtained Summer, 1959 End of 1960 Class I … Northampton C.B.C. Link road between A.45 and A.50 160,116 Work started in May, 1959 — Spring, 1960 Class II … Southampton C.B.C. Inner Ring Road (western part) 400,000 Authorised Summer 1959 Early, 1961 A.123 … Ilford T.C. Cranbrook Road (Essex) 282,324 Land acquisition started Early, 1960 Early, 1961 A.165 … Kingston-upon-Hull C.B.C. Holderness Road 210,202 Authorised Summer, 1959 End of 1959 A.165 … Kingston-upon-Hull C.B.C. Holderness Road 112,938 Work started in January, 1959 — Autumn, 1959
B—SCHEMES COSTING UNDER £100,000 Number Estimated cost £ (1) Trunk Roads 137 1,910,000 (2) Classified Roads 712 *3,845,944 * Grant value only. The figure for total cost is not available.