§ Mr. Ainsleyasked the Minister of Transport if he will state the length of highways started in the west of Durham since October, 1959; when they were completed; and what is their total cost.
§ Mr. MarplesSince October, 1959, the improvement of about 75 miles of local highway authority roads in Durham west of the Great North Road has been started. All this work should be completed by the spring of next year. The total cost will be about £1,600,000. In addition work on the Darlington bypass motorway, rather more than half of which is in Durham west of the Great North Road, started in April of this year. The total cost of the project is more than £5 million and work is due to be completed in the spring of 1965.