§ 1. Sir W. Bromley-Davenportasked 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 invited, a contract had been placed, which were under construction, and which were in use, respectively, on 30th April.
§ Mr. GalbraithThe following is the information requested:
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Motorways in Use … Miles M.1—London-Birmingham … 73 M.2—Medway Motor Road … 26 M.4—London-South Wales Slough By-Pass … 5½ Maidenhead By-Pass … 6
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Miles M.5—Bristol-Birmingham Lydiate Ash-Twyning 26 M.6—Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Stafford-Hanchurch 11½ Stafford By-Pass 5 Cheshire Section 33 Lancashire Section 29 Preston By-Pass 8½ Lancaster By-Pass 11½ M.50—Ross Spur 21½ A.1(M)—Doncaster By-Pass 15½ Stevenage By-Pass 7 A.20(M)—Maidstone By Pass 7½ Stretford-Eccles By-Pass (Classified motorway built by Lancashire County Council) 6 292½ Motorways under construction M.1—London-Yorkshire Hendon Motorway (Bridges) — Crick-River Trent 38¾ M.4—London-South Wales Chiswick-Langley (Viaduct and roadworks) 13 Almondsbury-Hambrook 3¼ Severn Bridge Foundation and Superstructure 1 Eastern Approaches 4 Western Approaches 3¾ Wye Viaduct ¾ Newport By-Pass (Bridge and Tunnels) ½ Newport By-Pass (Road-works) 6½ Midland Motorway Links M.5—Lydiate Ash-Quinton 6 M.6—Dunston-Shareshill 8¼ M.6—Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Preston-Lancaster 13 A.1(M)—Darlington-Barton By-Pass(including Darlington Spur) 13 A.48(M)—Port Talbot By-Pass 4½ 116¼ Contracts Placed M.1—London-Yorkshire Edgware Bury Lane-Aldenham 4 Brockley Hill Interchange — River Trent-Stanton-by-Dale 4¾ M.4—London-South Wales Almondsbury Interchange 2¼ 11
Miles Tenders Invited M.1—London-Yorkshire Page Street-Edgware Bury Lane (Hendon Motor-way) 4¼ Stanton-by-Dale-Nuthall 4¾ Sheffield-Leeds (Tinsley Viaduct) ¾ M.4—London-South Wales Crick-Newport 9 A.40(M)—High Wycombe By-Pass Stokenchurch-Handy Cross 8 26¾ Schemes Made M.1/M.18—London-Yorkshire Nuthall-Doncaster By-Pass 38¼ Sheffield-Leeds Spur 33¼ M.4—London-South Wales Hambrook-Tormarton 8 M.5—Birmingham-Bristol Cribbs Causeway-Easton-in-Gordano 6 M.6—Midland Motorway Links Shareshill-Catthorpe 46¾ South of Quinton-Great Barr 10 A.1(M)—Baldock By-Pass 6 Durham Motorway 21¾ A.40(M)—High Wycombe By-Pass Handy Cross-Burkes Road 5 175 Draft Scheme Published M.5—irmingham-Bristol South of Strensham-East of Almondsbury 41 Easton-in-Gordano - East Brent 20½ M.6—Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Lancaster-Penrith 36½ Penrith By-Pass 7½
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£ million — New construction and major improvements Maintenance and minor improvements Exchequer Local Authority Total Exchequer Local Authority Total 1963–64 … … 123.5 23.5 147.0 48.5 63.5 112.0
Miles M.62—Lancashire-Yorkshire Worsley-Moss Moor 17 Moss Moor-Outlane 7 Outlane-Loftthouse 19 A.40(M)—Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross By-Pass 7½ — Thurcroft Motorway Link 1¾ 157¾ Line not yet published M.1—London-Yorkshire Page Street-North Circular 2 M.3—London-Basingstoke 39¾ M.4—London-South Wales Maidenhead-Tormarton 71½ M.6—Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Penrith-Carlisle 12½ Carlisle By-Pass 9 M.62—Lancashire-Yorkshire Lofthouse-South of Ferry-bridge 11 M.11—London-Bishop's Stortford 32 A.20(M)—Ditton By-Pass 6 M.23—London-Crawley 27 M.61—Preston-Manchester 20½ 231¼