HC Deb 12 May 1965 vol 712 cc73-5W
88. Sir M. Galpern

asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that motorists using the fast lanes on motorways drive

Motorways in Use Date of Completion Cost £m. (including land)
M1 London—Yorkshire
Aldenham—Crick November, 1959 32.3
Crick—Markfield October, 1964 & January, 1965 12.5
(Main works only)*
M2 Medway Motor Road May, July & September, 1963 16.0
M4 London—South Wales
Slough By-Pass April, 1963 4.9
Maidenhead By-Pass June, 1961 3.0
Chiswick—Langley November, 1964 & March, 1965 19.0
M5 Bristol—Birmingham
Lydiate Ash—Twyning July, 1962 9.4
M6 Birmingham—Preston—Carlisle
Dunston—Preston August, 1962—November, 1963 56.13
Preston By-Pass December, 1958 5.12
Preston—Lancaster January, 1965 11.10
Lancaster By-Pass April, 1960 4.7
M50 Ross Spur November, 1960 6.17
A1(M) Doncaster By-Pass July, 1961 6.15
Stevenage By-Pass July, 1962 2.2
A20(M) Maidstone By-Pass June and December, 1960 2.6
Stretford—Eccles By-Pass (Classified motor way built by Lancashire County Council) October, 1960 5.6
Filton By-Pass (Classified motorway built by Gloucestershire County Council) May, 1963 .74

at speeds of 90 miles per hour or more; and if he will introduce a speed limit on such motorways.

Mr. Tom Fraser

I do not consider that a general speed limit on motorways is justified at present, but it will be necessary to review the position as traffic intensity increases.

Mr. Charles Morrison

asked the Minister of Transport if he will list the actual or estimated completion date and the actual or estimated cost, wherever possible, of each section of motorway, in use, under construction, or proposed.

Mr. Tom Fraser

The information requested is set out in the attached table. Similar information is not at present available for the rest of the motorway programme.

Motorways under Construction Estimated Completion Date Estimated Cost £m (including land)
M1 London—Yorkshire
Page Street—Edgware Bury Lane (Hendon Motorway) End 1966 14.49
Edgware Bury Lane—Aldenham Summer 1966
Brockley Interchange Summer 1966
Markfield—River Trent (including Trent Bridge structures) Late 1965 7.6
River Trent—Stanton-by-Dale Summer 1966 3.13
Stanton-by-Dale—Nuthall Summer 1966 4.6
Nuthall—Pinxton Early 1967 5.54
East Ardsley—Stourton Summer 1967 5.37
Tinsley Viaduct Late 1967 4.5
M4 London—South Wales
Almondsbury—Hambrook Spring 1966 3.0
Almondsbury Interchange Spring 1966 2.5
Hambrook—Tormarton 1967 6.2
Severn Bridge and Approaches 1966 16.19
M5 Midland Motorway Links
Lydiate Ash—Quinton Late 1965 6.64
M6 Midland Motorway Links
Darlaston—Shareshill Late 1966 5.88
Shareshill—Dunston Spring 1966 6.23
A1(M) Darlington-Barton-By-Pass (including Darlington Spur) 14th May, 1965 6.5
A40(M) High Wycombe By-Pass
Stokenchurch—Handy Cross Autumn 1966 5.4
* It is not possible at this stage to give for individual sections of the M1 extension costs of Statutory undertakers' works, land, etc.
† Main Works only

Tenders Invited Actual or Estimated Completion Date Estimated Cost £m. (including land)
M1 Aston — Sheffield — Leeds Aston — Tinsley (including part of Thurcroft Lnk) Late 1967
M1 London—Yorkshire: Pinxton-Heath 1967
Heath—Barlborough 1967
A1(M) Durham Motorway (including Bridges): Aycliffe—Bradbury 1967
Baldock By-Pass Summer 1967
A40(M) High Wycombe By-Pass (Handy Cross—Burkes Road; excluding Loudwater Viaduct) Autumn 1967
Schemes Made
M1 London—Yorkshire
Barlborough—Doncaster By-Pass Late 1967
Meadowhall—East Ardsley Early 1968
M5 Midland Motorway Links
South of Quinton—Great Barr Autumn 1968
A40(M) High Wycombe By-Pass
Handy Cross—Burkes Road (Loud-water Viaduct only) Autumn 1967
M5 Birmingham—Bristol
Cribbs Causeway—Easton—in-Gordano End 1967

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