HC Deb 19 December 1966 vol 738 cc218-9W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Minister of Transport (1) what plans she has for constructing an East-West motorway linking the Midlands to the East Anglian ports along the general line of the A45;

(2) what estimates she has made of the anticipated increase in traffic between the industrial Midlands and the East Anglian ports by way of the A45 over the next five, 10 and 20 years, respectively.

Mr. Swingler

I have nothing to add to the Answer given to the hon. Member on 4th May, 1966. On current estimates of traffic, the construction of a motorway would not be justified.—[Vol. 727, c. 1608].

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Minister of Transport what approximate projections she has made of increased import and export tonnage using the A45 link road en route to and from Western European ports via Ipswich, Felixstowe and Harwich.

Mr. Swingler

For that part of the A45 lying to the east of Ipswich, I can add nothing to the Answer given to the hon. Member for Sudbury and Woodbridge (Mr. Stainton) on 14th November. The information at present available does not enable us to assess how much additional traffic is likely to be carried on this road west of Ipswich.—[Vol. 736, c.39.]

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Minister of Transport what plans she has for road improvements along the route of the A45 between Felixstowe and Ipswich, Ipswich and Stowmarket, Stowmarket and Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St. Edmunds and Newmarket, and Newmarket and Cambridge, respectively.

Mr. Swingler

There are a number of schemes in the programme or under consideration for this stretch of road.

The list is as follows:

Felixstowe to Ipswich

  • Trimley and Walton By-Pass.
  • Felixstowe Relief Road.

Ipswich to Stowmarket

  • Needham Market-Claydon By-Pass.
  • Hackney's Corner, Great Blakenham.
  • Dualling from the Cedars to Badley Hill Stowmarket Relief Road.

Stowmarket to Bury St. Edmunds

  • Dualling from Stowmarket Isolation Hospital to Hangley New Street.
  • Hangley New Street By-Pass.
  • Beyton By-Pass.
  • Dualling from Gorse Wood to Rougham Hall.
  • Bury St. Edmunds By-Pass.

Bury St. Edmunds to Newmarket

Newmarket By-Pass.

Newmarket to Cambridge

  • Reconstruction of Barnwell Railway Bridge.
  • Chesterton Bridge (linking A45 to A10).
  • Dualling from East Road to Leake Street, Cambridge.
  • Dualling from Coldhams Lane to Cheddars Lane, Cambridge.