§ Mr. Websterasked the Minister of Transport if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of all new major road projects which have been delayed as a result of the Government's recent economic measures, the cost of each project, and the savings expected during the first six months after these postponements.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe following is a list of new construction and major improvement schemes (on motorways, trunk and classified roads) which had target starting dates between August, 1965, and January, 1966, and which did not qualify for exemption from deferment.
It is probable that the starting date of some of these projects would have been delayed for reasons unconnected with the Government's economic measures. Allowing for this, it is estimated that schemes to a total value of some £55 million (£48 million Exchequer, £7 million local authority) will have been subject to postponement as a result of these measures. It is estimated that the reducion in Exchequer expenditure in the financial 269W year 1965–66 as a result of these postponements will be of the order of £7 million.
Motorway and Trunk Road Schemes Estimated Cost £000 M.1 Tankersley—Darton 7,320 Darton—Harbury 7,210 Lowering of A.580 1,500 M.4 Chiswick—Langley Lighting 120 A.66 Crackenthorpe Diversion, Westmorland 142 A.5 Newton Bridge, Brownhills, Staffordshire 135 A.46 Syston to Thrussington, Leicestershire 420 A.38 Blue Linhay Hill to East Caton Cross, Ashburton, Devon 275 A.38 Lee Mill—Westover, Ivybridge, Devon 169 A.31 Tricketts Cross to Hampshire County Boundary, Dorset 111 A.34 Newcastle-under-Lyme Bypass, Southern Section, Staffordshire 380 A.56 Daresbury Diversion, Cheshire 429 A.68 Widening through Garforth, West Riding 124 A.12 Woodbridge Road/Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk 100 A.10 Mitcham's Corner, Cambridgeshire 104 A.38 Red Cross Hill—Trehill Lodge Kenn, Devon 368 A.38 Drumbridge — Chudleigh Knighton Bridge, Devon 346 A.6 Cat Row to Oakfield Drive, Bolton, Lancashire 103 A. 127 Hall Lane Cross Roads, Essex 238 A.38 Staffordshire Boundary to Mickleover Link, Derbyshire 1,609 270W
CLASSIFIED ROAD SCHEMES Estimated Grant Value £000 Surrey … … … Maidstone-Guildford (A.25) Bletchingley and Nutfield … 109 Coventry … … … Binley Road, A.4114 … … … … … … 100 Bolton … … … Farnworth and Kearsley By-Pass … … … … 1,958 Lancashire … … Farnworth and Kearsley By-Pass … … … … 1,786 Northumberland … … Weldon Bridge Diversion, A.697 … … … … 308 West Riding … … Horbury By-Pass … … … … … … … 252 Loughborough … … New Road between A.6 Derby Road and A.60 … … 93 Southend-on-Sea … … I.R.R. Northern Section … … … … … … 731 Southend-on-Sea … … Ring Road, Part Eastern Section … … … … 141 Ashford … … … A.292 Diversion of East Hill … … … … … 147 Hertfordshire … … Southern Link Road, Hatfield New Town … … … 312 Greater London Council … High Street, Feltham … … … … … … 87 Hillingdon … … … Cowley Road, Uxbridge … … … … … … 240 Richmond … … … Heath Road, Twickenham … … … … … 96 Hampshire … … … Ringwood to Bournemouth Spur … … … … 1,065 Surrey … … … Dorking By-Pass to Folly Lane, A.24 … … … … 409 Surrey … … … A.31 Farnham By-Pass Extension … … … … 360 Plymouth … … … Crownhill junction … … … … … … 580 Reading … … … Bridge St. Bridges A.33 … … … … … … 120 Birmingham … … Coventry Road, Clay Lane-City Boundary … … … 400 Dudley … … … Stourbridge Road (A.461) … … … … … 152 271W
Estimated Cost £000 A.6 Blackrod By-pass to Dog Holes Farm, Lancashire 100 A.64 Malton By-pass (Eastern Section) North Riding 447 A.38 Cutwell Cross to Carew Arms, Ugborough, Devon 134 A.38 Ashburton By-pass, Devon 134 A.6 Dicconson Lane to St. John's Avenue, West-houghton, Lancashire 120 A.1 Long Bennington By-pass, Kesteven, Lincolnshire 779 A.6 Stoughton Drive, Leicester City Boundary, Leicester shire 102 A.34 Stone Road/Scalishall Road Roundabout, Stafford 100 A.37 Diversion at Crocken Hill, West Sussex 98 A.127 Rayleigh Weir Roundabout, Essex 98 A.3 Hogslodge to Gravel Hill, Hampshire 99 A.33 South of Popham, Hampshire 99 A.1 Westmains Diversion, Belford, Northumberland 137 A.4 Rosedale Crescent to Reading Boundary, Berkshire 170 A.38 Beare Diversion, Devon 99 A.69 Scarrow Hill Improvement, Cumberland 150 A.583 Ribby Corner, Lancashire 151 High Wycombe By-pass Contract II 4,156 28,376 Other schemes estimated to cost under £100,000 each 1,680 30,056
Estimated Grant Value £000 Smethwick … … Relief Road-Route A.457, Stage II … … … … 77 Wolverhampton … … I.R.R. Section III, Salop St.-Waterloo Rd. … … … 970 Cheshire … … … Wilmslow By-Pass … … … … … … 220 Lancashire … … … Higham Diversion … … … … … … 77 Preston … … … I.R.R., Stage I … … … … … … … 764 St. Helens … … … A.570 Impt. of Marshalls Cross Railway Bridge … … 105 Dewsbury … … … A.644, Wellington Road from Webster Hill … … … 150 West Riding … … Cinder Oven Bridge … … … … … … 151 Hertfordshire … … Watford-Rickmansworth, Cassio Bridges … … … 112 Hampshire … … … Basingstoke Development Worthing Rd. Diversion … … 72 Hampshire … … … Basingstoke Development West Tangential Rd. North … 422 Greater London Council … Strand Subway … … … … … … … 325 Greater London Council … Streatham Place … … … … … … … 195 Greater London Council … Finchley Road (A.41) … … … … … … 2,258 Newham … … … Barking Rd./Green Street to Town Hall … … … 200 London … … … Upper Thames Street (Bush Lane-Arthur Street) … … 360 Greater London Council … Beckenham Road Railway bridge … … … … 80 Greater London Council … Holloway Road Railway bridge … … … … 120 Hounslow … … … Gunnersbury Station Railway bridge … … … … 130 Greater London Council … St. Johns Hill … … … … … … … 250 Buckinghamshire … … Black Horse Canal Bridge … … … … … 90 Birmingham … … Paradise Circus … … … … … … … 2,670 Brownhills … … … Walsall-Lichfield Road … … … … … … 225 West Riding … … Haigh Cottages-Oulton … … … … … … 375 West Riding … … Stanningley By-Pass … … … … … … 992 20,836 Other schemes estimated to cost under £100,000 … … 3,065 23,901