HC Deb 30 November 1960 vol 631 cc55-6W
Mr. Callaghan

asked the Minister of Transport if he will publish details of the cost of the five-year road improvement schemes submitted to him by Welsh highway authorities in 1959 for each highway authority; and how much he is prepared to authorise in each case.

Mr. Marples

The following table gives details of the cost of schemes over £25,000 each submitted for the years 1960–61 to 1965–66.

Schemes costing £1,123,000 have already been, or will shortly be, authorised. I am at present considering all the other proposals in the light of the increased funds recently announced, and I hope to inform highway authorities of their programmes for the three years beginning 1961–62 quite soon. I intend thereafter to extend the programme by one year annually so as to maintain a three-year forecast for each authority, but I cannot say at present how much I will be prepared to authorise for these subsequent years.

£
Anglesey C.C. 751,000
Brecon C.C. 70,000
Caernarvon C.C. 864,000
Cardigan C.C. 171,000
Carmarthen C.C. 473,000
Denbigh C.C. 443,000
Flint C.C. 725,000
Glamorgan C.C. 5,746,000
Merioneth C.C. 748,000
Monmouth C.C. 2,178,500
Montgomery C.C. Nil
Pembroke C.C. 313,000
Radnor C.C. 30,000
Cardiff C.B.C. 2,064,980
Newport C.B.C. 2,106,000
Swansea C.B.C. 2,138,800
Merthyr C.B.C. 245,000
Total £19,067,280

Mr. Callaghan

asked the Minister of Transport what was the total cost of the five-year road improvement programme submitted to him by Welsh highway authorities in 1955; and what proportion of the programme he authorised up to 1959.

Mr. Marples

The total cost was £16.3 million. By the end of the financial year 1959–60 grants for almost 40 per cent. of this total had been issued.