§ 54. Sir W. Wakefieldasked the Minister of Transport if he will state, giving the mileage in respect of each, those motorways or lengths of motorway for which no line had yet been proposed, a draft scheme had been published, a scheme had been made, tenders had been 139W invited, a contract had been placed, which were under construction, and which were in use, respectively, as at 30th April.
§ Mr. MarplesFollowing is the information requested:
Motorways in use London to Birmingham 73¾ miles Preston By-pass 8½ miles Lancaster By-pass 11½ miles Ross Spur 20½ miles Maidstone By-pass 7½ miles Motorways under construction Birmingham to Preston—viaducts and sections in Staffordshire and Lancashire 53½ miles Birmingham to Bristol—Part I (Lydiate Ash to Twyning) 28 miles Stevenage By-pass 7½ miles Doncaster By-pass 15 miles Medway Motor Road—Medway Bridge London—South Wales Slough By-pass 5 miles Maidenhead By-pass 6 miles Severn Bridge Contract placed None Tenders Invited Birmingham to Preston North Cheshire section 15 miles South Cheshire section 10 miles Medway Motor Road 25 miles London—South Wales—Chiswick to Langley (Part I) 2 miles Scheme made Preston to Lancaster 13 miles London to Yorkshire—Part II (Crick to Doncaster) 86 miles Darlington-Barton By-pass 10 miles London to South Wales Chiswick to Langley 12 miles Severn Bridge and Approaches 9½ miles Newport By-pass 7½ miles Port Talbot By-pass 5½ miles Midland Links—Dunston to Castle Bromwich 26 miles Draft Scheme published Midland Links Lydiate Ash to Great Barr 16 miles Castle Bromwich to Catthorpe 29 miles High Wycombe By-pass 13 miles Line not yet published Lancaster to Penrith 36 miles Penrith By-pass 6 miles Sheffield-Leeds Spur 34 miles Lancashire—Yorkshire Motorway 50 miles Durham Motorway 21 miles London to South Wales Maidenhead to Almondsbury 87 miles Crick to Newport 9 miles Aldenham to Hendon 8 miles Brighton Radial 25 miles London to Basingstoke 24 miles Norwich Radial 32 miles Ditton By-pass 5 miles Bristol to Birmingham—Part II (Twyning to East Brent) 68 miles