HC Deb 24 November 1965 vol 721 cc61-2W
Sir W. Bromley-Davenport

asked the Minister of Transport what road schemes in Lancashire and Cheshire have been delayed in connection with the recent proposals for reducing immediate capital commitments; whether he will give an assurance that none of these will be delayed for more than six months; and whether he will give the revised starting date of each.

Mr. Tom Fraser

The following is a list of those new construction and major improvement schemes costing over £100,000 in Lancashire and Cheshire which had target starting dates between last August and next January and which have been deferred. The revised target starting dates are given. The deferment on account of the Government's temporary restriction on public expenditure is for six months only.

Trunk road schemes Revised target starting date in 1966
A.580—Lowering and dualling from Moorside Road, Swinton to Old Clough Lane, Worsley, Lancashire March
A.6—Cat Row to Oakfield Drive, Bolton, Lancashire May
A.6—Blackrod By-pass to Dog Holes Farm, Lancashire May
A.6—Dicconson Lane to St. John's Avenue, Westhoughton, Lancashire May
A.583—Ribby Corner, Lancashire May
A.56—Daresbury Diversion, Cheshire April
Classified road schemes
Farnworth and Kearsley By-pass, Lancashire June
Higham Diversion, Lancashire May
Wilmslow By-pass, Cheshire June
Preston Inner Relief Road (Stage I) Lancashire July
A.570—Improvement of Marshalls Cross Railway Bridge, St. Helens, Lancashire July