§ 81. Sir D. Kaberryasked the Minister of Transport if he will state the quantity of new and reconstructed trunk roads in terms of length and costs, respectively, which have been executed by, or on behalf of, his Department within each of the last five years to the latest convenient date; and what are his proposals in such terms for the next five years in the following county borough council areas, namely, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Bristol, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Kingston-upon-Hull.
§ Mr. MarplesThere are trunk roads in only three of the county borough areas mentioned. The total mileage is 17 miles of which 13 miles are in the Leeds area. In the last five years one major trunk road improvement scheme has been completed in Leeds at a cost of about £25,000. I propose within the next five years to start work on the improvement of 2¾ miles of trunk road in Leeds at a cost of about £500,000.