§ Mr. Galbraithasked the Minister of Transport if he will list all trunk road projects, including motorways, costing over £100,000, for which contracts had been let, but work not yet started, or where work was under way, at 15th October, 1964, indicating the estimated cost and date of completion in each instance.
§ Mr. Tom FraserFollowing is the information:
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Item No. Contract Tender Sum Contract date of completion (1) (2) (3) (4) £ 32. Improvement from East of Chase Road to Muckley Corner—A.5 112,846 Nov. 1964 33. Worcester Northern Link Road 1,687,655 Mar. 1965 34. Improvement between Goodrich Cross and Monmouth County Boundary. 1,409,827 Dec. 1965 35. Exeter-Leeds Trunk Road. Rubery By-pass 777,088 Dec. 1965 36. London-Fishguard Trunk Road. Cowbridge By-pass 1,329,617 Oct. 1965 37. Carmarthen Diversion—Section A 118,736 July 1965 38. London-South Wales Motorway. Winterbourne Railway Bridge 373,789 Aug. 1965 39. Severn Bridge (No. 4 Contract). Eastern Approach Road 2,374,140 June 1965 40. London-Carlisle-Glasgow-Inverness Trunk Road. Renters Avenue to Richmond Gardens. 341,163 Mar. 1965 41. Construction of subway under Barnet By-pass near Stonehouse Hotel, Hatfield and improvement at Green Lanes. 410,722 Feb. 1965 42. Newbury North/South Relief Road 625,027 Sept. 1965 43. Oxford Southern By-pass Extension and Sandford Link Road 1,802,815 Sept. 1965 44. Hendon Urban Motorway-Railway Bridges 1,300,442 Oct. 1965 45. Brent Cross Flyover 1,169,876 Dec. 1965 46. London-Gt. Yarmouth Trunk Road A.12. Hatfield Peverel By-pass. 586,672 Apr. 1965 47. York-Hull Trunk Road A.1079. Wilberfoss By- pass 103,949 July 1965 48. Bath-Coventry-Lincoln Trunk Road. Improvement from Six Hills to Widmerpool. 1,126,770 Dec. 1965 49. Newport (Mon.) By-pass Contract No. 2 5,552,515 Apr. 1966 50. Levens Bridge-Carlisle Trunk Road A.590 Backbarrow Diversion 524,324 June 1965 51. Hungerford-Hereford Trunk Road (A.417). Barnwood By-pass (Stage I). 469,231 Dec. 1965 52. Midland Motorway Link. Contract MC/C1 5,552,475 Feb. 1966 53. Liverpool-Preston-Leeds Trunk Road A.59. Improvement from Liverpool Road, South Maghull to Robbin's Bridge Round about, Lydiate. 341,848 Sept. 1965 54. London-South Wales Motorway. Almondsbury Interchange M.5. 1,883,395 Jan. 1966 55. Heads of the Valleys Road Part III (Dowlais Top to Brynmawr) 2,754,517 Oct. 1966 56. Severn Bridge Contract No.5. Monmouth Approach Road 1,677,565 Jan. 1966 57. Fishguard-Bangor Trunk Road. Trawsfynydd By-pass 113,693 Dec. 1964 58. Kingston By-pass Section 1A 275,132 Jan. 1965 59. Brentwood By-pass 3,563,954 Mar. 1966 60. Gillingham Link Road M.2/A.2 884,000 Jan. 1966 61. Folkestone-Honiton Trunk Road A.27. Havant By-pass 1,203,159 Dec. 1965 62. Newcastle under Lyme Central Area By-pass. Upper Green to Grosvenor Garage. 459,892 Mar. 1966 63. London-South Wales Motorway. Coldra-Crick 4,276,618 June 1966 64. High Wycombe By-pass: Contract No.1 4,749,822 Dec. 1966 65. M. 1 Motorway Extension-Berrygrove to Brockley Hill 3,750,013 May 1966 66. Hendon Urban Motorway—Contract No.2 1,310,283 Nov. 1966 67. Hendon Urban Motorway—Contract No. 3 4,057,518 Dec. 1966 68. Swanscombe Park to Medway Motor Road 4,436,869 June 1966 69 Swanley By-Pass 1,442,691 Apr. 1966 70. Liverpool-Leeds-Hull Trunk Road A.580. Provision of dual carriageway from A.572 at Lowton to Warrington Road (A.574)Leigh. 224,325 Jan. 1965 71. Liverpool-Leeds-Hull Trunk Road A.580. Provision of dual carriageway from Warrington Road (A. 574) Leigh to Chaddock Lane (A. 572) Tyldesley. 282,117 Dec. 1964 72. Liverpool-Preston-Leeds Trunk Road Improvement from Preston By-pass to junction with A.677 Salmesbury. 437,890 June 1965 73. London-South Wales Motorway—Contract No.1. Almondsbury-Hambrook. 2,148,911 Jan. 1966 74. Keynsham By-pass 904,548 July 1966 75. Honiton By-pass 880,000 July 1966 76. Ferrybridge By-pass 1,480,014 Oct. 1966 77. Lancashire-Yorkshire Motorway Rock Trials 117,640 Dec. 1964 78. London-Yorkshire Motorway LY/CM 3,134,338 May 1966 79. Improvement from North of Muskham to South of Carlton including Cromwell By-pass. 772,693 Dec. 1965 80. East of Snaith-Sunderland Trunk Road A.19 Sheraton Diversion (being carried out by direct labour). 171,491 Nov. 1965 81. Hereford Inner Relief Road, Section 1. Bridge over River Wye 608,005 Sept. 1966 82. Weedon-Atherstone-Brownhills Trunk Road A.5. Wall By-pass 310,842 Apr. 1966 83. Exeter-Leeds Trunk Road A.38. Burton-on-Trent By-pass 2,129,924 Oct. 1966
Item No. Contract Tender Sum Contract date of completion (1) (2) (3) (4) £ 84. Construction of dual carriageway between Denbigh Corner and Coleshill By-pass. 570,747 Mar. 1966 85. Worcester-Kidderminster Trunk Road A.449. Claines Lane-Hawford Improvement. 254,113 Nov. 1965 86. Midland Motorway Links—Contract MC/C2 4,867,597 Dec. 1966 87 A.614 Checkerhouse to Blyth 924,360 Aug. 1966 88. Bridge over River Haven at Boston 214,059 June 1966 89. London-Yorkshire Motorway LY/CN 4,576,646 Aug. 1966 90. London-Yorkshire Motorway M.1. Surfacing and hard-shoulder repairs (4¾m. south to 2¼m. north of Watford Gap). 366,524 Apr. 1965 91. North West Doncaster-Bradford-Kendal Trunk Road A.650: Hard Ings Road Extension. 175,642 Sept. 1966 92. Stratford St. Mary By-Pass 1,050,611 Sept. 1966 93. London-Bristol Trunk Road A.4: Reconstruction of Chippenham Town Bridge. 153,026 Apr. 1966 94. Lancaster By-pass M.6: Construction of Hard Shoulders 418,140 Dec. 1964 95. London-Yorkshire Motorway: Widening of Hard shoulders and resurfacing. 211,166 Apr. 1965