§ Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will give the cost of the schemes completed or contemplated up to 1962–63, the contribution of his Department, and the number of schemes, with mileage for both unclassified and unadopted roads, in respect of each of the counties in Wales including Monmouthshire under the Agriculture (Improvement of Roads) Act, 1955.
Mr. VaneThe closing date for the approval of schemes under the Agriculture (Improvement of Roads) Act, 1955, is 20th December, 1962. I cannot give the information asked for up to that date, but the position at 31st December, 1961, is set out in the following table:
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AGRICULTURE (IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS) ACT, 1955 PROGRESS TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1961 WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE Schemes approved in principle or formally County Unclassified Unadopted Number of Schemes on which work has been started but not completed Number of Schemes on which work has been completed Number of Schemes not yet started Grant Paid Number of Schemes Mileage Estimated or Final Cost Rate of Grant Number of Schemes Mileage Estimated or Final Cost Rate of Grant £ per cent. £ per cent. £ Brecon … … 61 42.499 132,421 75 38 22.770 77,380 85 12 41 46 85,833 Caernarvon … … 74 91.097 153,290 75 6 6.018 25,265 85 14 55 11 88,112 Cardigan … … 62 57.476 124,445 75 30 17.220 63,095 85 8 41 43 79,337 Carmarthen … … 76 73.061 123,175 75 12 6.790 19,502 85 14 47 27 42,542 Denbigh … … 77 86.870 139,057 75 24 10.090 36,342 85 38 35 28 58,765 Flint … … 18 16.720 52,065 65 10 6.440 22,431 75 4 14 10 24,067 Glamorgan … … 48 27.013 67,026 65 13 8.870 30,607 75 1 42 18 44,015 Merioneth … … 108 138.750 269,670 75 6 3.080 15,406 85 46 55 13 118,709 Monmouth … … 27 19.544 50,612 65 16 6.181 16,896 75 4 16 23 14,630 Montgomery … … 71 51.108 156,646 75 40 21.835 81,294 85 13 43 55 54,525 Pembroke … … 28 39.310 48,337 75 16 7.600 28,153 85 7 24 13 36,641 Radnor … … 114 83.339 208,181 75 2 1.021 2,596 85 7 77 32 89,505 TOTAL … … 764 726.787 1,524,925 — 213 117.915 418,967 — 168 490 319 736,681
§ Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will indicate the number of schemes, with mileage of both unclassified and unadopted roads, submitted by each of the counties in Wales, including Monmouthshire, which have been rejected to
County Unclassified Roads Unadopted Roads Number of Schemes Rejected Mileage of Schemes Rejected Number of Schemes Rejected Mileage of Schemes Rejected Caernarvon … … 2 1.84 — — Cardigan … … … 1 1.68 — — Denbigh … … … — — 1 0.60 Flint … … … — — 1 0.75 TOTALS … … 3 3.52 2 1.35 NOTE: The above table relates to rejections of formal applications only. Unacceptable proposals are normally eliminated in the course of preliminary local discussions.
§ Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will indicate the number of schemes, with mileage, the Forestry Commission have submitted in Wales under the Agriculture (Improvement of Roads) Act, 1955; and how many have been rejected, together with the estimated cost.
Mr. VaneNo schemes have been submitted by the Forestry Commission. The initiative for submitting schemes under the Act lies with the highway authorities.