Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Minister of Transport if he will state, for each of the major road projects completed since 1st January, 1958, the mileage of road, the total cost of physical construction, including labour, materials and the contractor's profit, the cost of acquiring land and the cost of the consulting engineer's fee.
§ Mr. MarplesThe information is given below.
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Schemes Mileages Cost of Physical Construction (a) Cost of Acquiring Land (a) Consulting Engineers' Fees (a) (where applicable) £'000 £'000 £'000 II. TRUNK ROADS London and the South East Apex Corner—Fairway Improvement of roundabout and dualling (A.1) ¼ 245 5 12 Improvement from Page Street to Mill Hill (A.1) 1 265 Cromwell Road Extension including Chiswick Flyover 1¾ 1,786 502 42 Western Avenue: Alperton Lane—Greenford Railway Bridge Improvement 1 363 3 Victoria Road—Park Royal Station Improvement l 256 Potter Street—Harlow By-pass 3¼ 631 15 Improvement of East Ham—Barking By-pass-Prince Regent Lane-East Ham Boundary 1¾ 326 12 Improvement Park Street—London Colney By-pass 1¾ 305 11 London Colney By-pass 2¼ 372 23 Hook Road Underpass, Kingston By-pass, including dualling from the Underpass to Woodstock Lane ¾ 375 13 Maidstone By-pass— Eastern Section 5¼ 1,468 56 25 Western Section 1½ 876 39 24 Crawley to Handcross Pt. II 1¾ 322 27 The West Midlands Meriden By-pass 5 699 23 Dualling between Crown Inn Aston and Filley brook River Bridge 2½ 328 16 Widening between Milehouse Lane to Four Lanes End, Talke 3 371 14 Stonebridge to Birmingham C.B. Boundary 3¼ 286 17 Wales Conway Bridge ¼ 464 3 45 Neath By-pass Part II (Earlswood to Llanlas) 2½ 1,717 87 67 Whitchurch By-pass 1 278 17 Widening from Tabernacle Chapel to Llanfair Discoed Arch 2 238 18 Widening from Flambert Farm to Penhow Post Office 2 296 13 The North West New Ferry By-pass 1 215 60 Northwich By-pass (Western Section) 2½ 244 24 Northwich By-pass (Eastern Section) 2 450 15 Widening of Swansea-Manchester Trunk Road between Barton Road, Stretford and Dane Road, Sale 1 309 31 The North East Doncaster Mill Bridge Improvement (A.1) (c) Less than ¼ 412 48 Wetherby By-pass (A.1) 2¼ 507 46 Henry Street, Gosforth to Gosforth Park (A.1) ¾ 235 29 Improvement from Leeming to Catterick (A.1) 4 333 17 Improvement from Wentbridge to Ferrybridge (A.1) 2½ 232 12 Micklefield By-pass (A.1) 1½ 439 21 Improvement from Wetherby to Allerton (A.1) 3¼ 491 36 Catterick By-pass (A.1) 3¼ 912 54 Gateshead-Felling By-pass (d) 1¾ 404 69 East Midlands Improvement from Stamford Borough Bdy. to Kesteven Cty. Bdy. (A.1) 8 430 17 West Drayton Diversion (A.1) 2 228 15 Wansford Bridge-Carpenters Lodge (A.1) 4 502 42
Schemes Mileages Cost of Physical Construction (a) Cost of Acquiring Land (a) Consulting Engineers' Fees (a) (where applicable) £'000 £'000 £'000 Stamford By-pass (A.1) 4½ 1,132 98 36 Blyth By-pass (A.1) 1½ 299 26 Eastern England Ingatestone By-pass 1¾ 248 11 Wansford and Water Newton By-pass (A.1) 2¼ 255 25 Widening between Woolpack Cross Roads and Norman Cross (A.1) 2¾ 2 41 Widening from Norman Cross to Water Newton By-pass (A.1) 5 73 23 266 III. CLASSIFIED ROADS London and the South East London Wall Route 11 ¼ 121 847 Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approaches and Underpass ½ 775 520 Notting Hill Gate widening and improvement ¼ 274 1,522 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, widening and realignment less than ¼ 65 217 Elephant and Castle roundabout construction (Stage I) ¼ 325 166 New road and rail lift bridge at Kingsferry, Kent 3 1,367 5 63 Marchwood By-pass 3¼ 358 18 Christchurch By-pass 2 416 36 Oxford Eastern By-pass Henley Road to Garsington Road 1¼ 262 30 Oxford Eastern By-pass Garsington Road to London Road 2¼ 693 102 The South West Bath Bridge Duplication, Bristol ¼ 124 165 Plymouth Eastern Approach Road ¼ 151 107 Bridgwater Inner Relief Road ¼ 123 132 5 (b) West Midlands Birmingham I.R.R. Part 1, Sect. 1, Suffolk Street-Queen's Drive ¼ 715 380 Coventry I.R.R. Part 1, Quinton Road-London Road ¼ 114 196 Wales Swansea Central Area Redevelopment Part I ½ 77 213 Swansea East Side Approach Section 1B east of Kings Dock level crossing to East of bridge over Tennant Canal ½ 243 3 The North West Kingsway-Cheadle Extension 1½ 568 16 12 East Midlands Pelham Street Bridge, Lincoln ¼ 551 170 22 (a) Where final settlement has not yet been made, latest estimated cost is given. (b) Consulting Engineer's fees payable on bridgeworks only. (c) Includes Classified Roads section in Doncaster C.B. (d) Also Classified Roads section—in course of completion.
Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Minister of Transport if he will state, for each of the major road projects now in course of completion, the mileage, the estimated costs of physical construction, including labour, materials and the contractor's 120W profit, the cost of acquiring the necessary land and the cost of the consulting engineer's fee.
§ Mr. MarplesThe information is given below.
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SCHEMES COSTING OVER £250,000 GROSS IN COURSE OF COMPLETION Schemes Mileages Estimated cost of physical construction Estimated cost of acquiring land Consulting Engineers' Fees (where applicable) £'000 £'000 £'000 I. MOTORWAYS Medway Bridge ½ 2,356 (a) 109 London-South Wales Motorway Slough By-pass 5 4,290 295 Maidenhead By-pass 6 2,704 112 19 (b) Severn Bridge (including Wye Bridge and Approach Roads) 9½ 16,265 (c) 228 521 Birmingham-Bristol Part I: Lydiate Ash-Twyning 28 8,502 300 Birmingham-Preston Motorway Viaducts and railway bridges 2 8,657 Included in Staffs, and Lanes. Staffordshire Section (excluding Creswell Viaduct) 25½ 10,178 398 Lancashire Section (excluding Thelwall Viaduct) 26 15,946 743 Doncaster By-pass (A.1) 15¼ 5,629 236 Stevenage By-pass (A.1) 7½ 1,883 65 II. TRUNK ROADS London and the South East Improvement from the Fairway to South Mimms By-pass (A.1) 4 577 25 3 Improvement from Henley's Corner to east of Harlington Corner 1 292 20 6 Western Avenue: Hanger Lane underpass and widening to Park Royal Station ½ 991 8 51 Improvement Uxbridge Circus to Denham 1¼ 281 2 Improvement from Page Street-Finchley Road 3½ 890 21 Improvement of New Road, Rainham, from Ballards Road-Cherry Tree Lane 1½ 427 24 South Mimms By-pass 1¼ 364 43 Staines By-pass including Runnymede Bridge and Egham Roundabout 2 1,799 130 28 (d) Angel Road Bridge and Approaches ½ 483 120 23 Ox ford Western By-pass 3¼ 1,585 115 40 West Midlands Trentham Gardens to Campbell Road, Stoke 1¼ 330 33 Wales Heads of the Valleys Road: Stage I, Brynmawr to Abergavenny 7½ 1,358 126 72 Port Talbot By-pass: Stage I, Briton Ferry to Baglan 1 432 68 16 Queensferry By-pass including new bridge over River Dee 1¾ 771 50 20 The North East Improvement from Redhouse to Wentbridge (A.1) 4½ 780 31 Wentbridge By-pass (A.1) 1½ 759 19 Improvement from Allerton to Boroughbridge (A.1) 5½ 570 38 North Ferriby By-pass 2 289 40 Brotherton By-pass (A.1) 11 499 21 Aberford By-pass (A.1) 2½ 670 35 Leeming By-pass (A.1) 3½ 927 29 Framwellgate Moor-Pity Me Diversion (A.1) 1½ 269 12 The East Midlands Grantham By-pass (A.1) 5¾ 1,429 54 Improvement north of Colsterworth to south of Grantham (A.1) 4½ 591 107 Widening from Wollaton Vale to Bramcote 1¼ 248 79
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Schemes Mileages Estimated cost of physical construction Estimated cost of acquiring land Consulting Engineers' Fees (where applicable) £'000 £'000 £'000 Eastern England Improvement from Sandy to the junction with A.428 (A.1) 3¼ 380 26 Biggleswade By-pass (A.1) 2¾ 869 30 Provision of second carriageway through Girtford (A.1) 1¼ 339 22 III. CLASSIFIED ROADS London and the South East Blackwall Tunnel Duplication ½ 6,112 432 (e) 130 Park Lane Improvement and Hyde Park Under Pass 1 4,152 900 43 Hammersmith Flyover ½ 1,058 192 (e) 55 Cheapside widening between Foster Lane and Old Jewry ¼ 71 778 Cromwell Road 2 841 2,155 Elephant and Castle roundabout construction (Stage II) ¼ 405 715 Dartford—Purfleet Tunnel 4 10,398 250 481 Inner Ring Road Southampton (Western Park) ¾ 159 200 The South West Filton By-Pass Substitute 4½ 653 56 Exeter High Street, Widening ¼ 31 221 Exeter Inner Relief Road Stage III ½ 210 184 Bristol Inner Circuit Road (Stage III) ¼ 152 125 Laira Bridge and Approach Road, Plymouth ¼ 626 52 Tamar Bridge Approach (several inter-related schemes) 7 415 58 Tamar Bridge — 2,582 (f) The West Midlands Birmingham I.R.R. Section 2 Upper Priory-Snow Hill ¼ 1,210 660 Birmingham, Birchfield Road Underpass ½ 661 250 22 Coventry I.R.R. Part 2 London Road—Swans-well Terrace ¼ 263 119 Birmingham I.R.R., Part 2 Section 1 Queen's Drive—Carrs Lane ¼ 1,324 449 2 Wales Neath Road, Swansea (including Wychtree Bridges) 2 357 37 Swansea East Side Approach Road, Sections II-VI 3¾ 1,730 95 The North West Runcorn-Widnes Bridge ¾ 2,348 415 (e) 148 Widnes Northern Approach ½ 1,005 134 Runcorn Spur 2 515 93 The North East Central Ring Road Huddersfield Sections 1–5 ¾ 252 352 Drypool Bridge Hull under ¼ 656 233 Bradford Central Ring Road Sestion 1 (parts lan15) ½ 157 373 Tynemouth Coast Road Extension 1½ 168 35 Gateshead-Felling Bypass (g) 1¼ 498 370 6 The East Midlands Leicester Ring Road Sections II and III from Church Gate to Great Central Street and from Belgrave Gate to Abbey Street ½ 196 95 (a) Land costs included in overall Motorway Scheme—not possible to segregate them at present. (b) Thames Bridge and certain Berks bridges only. (c) Only contract No. 1 (Severn Bridge foundations) has been let so far. Tender sum £1,753,000. (d) Consulting Engineer's Fees relate to the River Bridge only—roadworks undertaken under Agency Agreement with County Council. (e) Excludes rehousing figure not yet determined. (f) Whole cost, breakdown not available since scheme executed by local highway authorities without grant. (g) Also Trunk Roads section—completed.