HC Deb 26 January 1967 vol 739 cc360-5W
Mr. Galbraith

asked the Minister of Transport if she will list the 81 major road projects which were due to start between August 1965 and January 1966, and which were deferred for six months, giving the actual date on which work was originally scheduled to start and the date on which each was scheduled to be completed, the date on which each project started or is now planned to start, and the date on which each will now be completed, and indicating in each case the estimated cost at the time of deferment and the current estimate of the cost.

Mr. Swingler

The following is the list:—

MOTORWAY AND TRUNK ROAD SCHEMES
Target Target Actual Estimated Cost
Starting Date at Time of Deferment Completion Date at Time of Deferment or Revised Target Starting Date Revised Target Completion Date at Time of Deferment Current
£000
M. 1 Tankersley-Darton 12.65 12.67 8.66 8.68 7,320 6,731
Darton-Horbury 1.66 1.68 8.66 8.68 7,210 7,267
Lowering of A.580 10.65 3.67 3.66 9.67 1,500 1,500
M. 4 Chiswick-Langley Lighting 9.65 2.66 8.66 Early 1967 120 104
A. 66 Crackenthorpe Diversion, Westmorland 9.65 6.67 5.66 1.68 142 146
A. 5 Newton Bridge, Brown-hills, Staffordshire 9.65 9.66 8.66 8.67 135 111
A. 46 Syston to Thrussington, Leicestershire 9.65 6.67 6.66 11.67 420 351
A. 38 Blue Linhay Hill to East Caton Cross, Ashburton, Devon 10.65 5.67 4.66 4.67 275 235
A. 38 Lee Mill-Westover, Ivybridge, Devon 9.65 9.66 4.66 4.67 169 190
A. 31 Tricketts Cross to Hampshire County Boundary, Dorset 10.65 10.66 5.66 5.67 111 150
A. 34 Newcastle - under - Lyme By-pass, Southern Section, Staffordshire 10.65 5.67 8.66 1.68 380 380
A. 56 Daresbury Diversion, Cheshire 9.65 1.67 6.66 12.67 429 373
A. 63 Widening through Garforth, West Riding 10.65 1.67 6.66 11.67 124 128
A. 12 Woodbridge Road-Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk 11.65 11.66 8.66 8.67 100 94
A. 10 Mitcham's Corner, Cambridgeshire 1.66 7.66 8.66 3.67 104 106
A. 38 Red Cross Hill-Trehill Lodge Kenn, Devon 11.65 6.66 7.66 7.67 368 340
A. 38 Drumbridge - Chudleigh Knighton Bridge, Devon 11.65 5.67 1.67 7.68 346 469
A. 6 Cat Row to Oakfield Drive, Bolton, Lancashire 11.65 11.66 7.66 9.67 103 116
A 127 Hall Lane Cross Roads, Essex 11.65 11.66 6.66 6.67 238 256
A. 38 Staffordshire Boundary to Mickleover Link, Derbyshire 12.65 12.67 5.66 5.68 1,546 1,478
A 6 Blackrod By-pass to Dog Holes Farm, Lancashire 12.65 9.66 Under review 100 102
A. 64 Malton By-pass (Eastern Section) North Riding 12.65 12.67 Scheme abandoned
A. 38 Cutwell Cross to Carew Arms, Ugborough, Devon 11.65 11.66 11.66 11.67 134 164
A. 38 Ashburton By-pass, Devon 11.65 11.66 4.67 4.68 134 182
A. 6 Disconson Lane to St. John's Avenue, Westhoughton, Lancashire 1.66 1.67 10.66 10.67 120 124
A. 1 Long Bennington By-pass, Kesteven, Lincolnshire 12.65 12.67 1.67 1.69 779 905
A. 6 Stoughton Drive, Leicester City Boundary, Leicestershire 8.65 8.66 4.66 12.66* 92 76
A. 34 Stone Road-Eccleshall Road Roundabout, Stafford 10.65 10.66 3.67 11.68 100 143

Target Starting Date at Time of Deferment Target Completion Date at Time of Deferment Actual or Revised Target Starting Date Revised Target Completion Date Estimated at Time of Deferment Cost Current
£000
A. 27 Diversion at Crocken Hill, West Sussex 10.65 1.67 4.66 4.67 98 150
A. 127 Rayleigh Weir Roundabout, Essex 11.65 8.66 12.66 9.67 98 98
A. 3 Hogslodge to Gravel Hill, Hampshire 11.65 6.67 4.67 10.68 99 132
A. 33 South of Popham, Hampshire 12.65 12.66 8.66 6.67 99 98
A. 1 Westmains Diversion, Belford, Northumberland 12.65 12.66 5.67 5.68 77 96
A. 4 Rosedale Crescent to Reading Boundary, Berkshire 1.66 10.66 6.67 3.68 170 170†
A. 38 Beare Diversion, Devon 1.66 1.67 9.66 9.67 99 109
A. 69 Scarrow Hill Improvement, Cumberland 12.65 5.67 11.66 5.68 150 136
A. 583 Ribby Corner, Lancashire 11.65 11.66 12.66 2.68 151 177
High Wycombe By-pass Contract II 8.65 10.67 6.66 6.68 4,156 3,986
* Date road opened to traffic. † Cost being reviewed.

CLASSIFIED ROAD SCHEMES
Target Starting Date at Time of Deferment Target Completion Date at Time of Deferment Actual or Revised Target Starting Date Revised Target Completion Date Estimated at Time of Deferment Grant Value Current
£000
Surrey—Maidstone - Guildford
(A.25) Bletchingley and Nutfield 12.65 4.67 5.67 1.69 109 109
Coventry—A.4114 Binley Road 10.65 10.66 3.66 11.66 100 94
Bolton Lancashire — Farnworth and Kearsley By-Pass 10.65 10.67 7.66 7.68 1,958 2,087
Northumberland—A.697 Weldon Bridge Diversion 11.65 11.67 10.66 10.68 308 308
West Riding—Horbury By-Pass 9.65 6.67 8.66 2.68 252 268*
Loughborough—New Road between A.6 Derby Road and A.60 9.65 7.66 1.66 1.67 93 128
Southend-on-Sea—I.R.R. Northern Section 9.65 9.67 2.66 2.68 731 870
Southend-on-Sea—Ring Road, Part Eastern Section 9.65 9.67 141
Ashford—A.292 Diversion of East Hill 8.65 6.66 4.66 7.67 111 114
Hertfordshire—Southern Link Road Hatfield New Town 10.65 7.67 5.66 5.68 312 410
Greater London Council—High Street, Feltham 12.65 9.66 11.66 9.67 187 188*
Hillingdon—Cowley Road, Uxbridge 12.65 3.67 1.67 12.68 240 218*
Richmond—Heath Road, Twickenhum 9.65 9.66 8.66 3.67 96 96
Hampshire—Ringwood to Bournemouth Spur 9.65 9.67 5.67 5.69 1,065 1,320
Surrey—A.24 Dorking By-Pass to Folly Lane 1.66 12.67 7.66 12.67 409 383
Surrey—A.31 Farnham By-Pass Extension 11.65 5.67 8.66 1.68 360 360
Plymouth—Crownhill Junction 1.66 1.68 2.67 8.68 580 737
Reading—A.33 Bridge St. Bridges 12.65 2.68 1.66 1.68 120 131

Target Starting Date at Time of Deferment Target Completion Date at Time of Deferment Actual or Revised Target Starting Date Revised Target Completion Date Estimated at Time of Deferment Grant Value Current
£000
Birmingham — Coventry Road, Clay Lane-City Boundary 11.65 12.67 2.67 3.69 400 401*
Dudley—A.461 Stourbridge Road 1.66 9.66 3.67 9.68 152 152*
Warley—Relief Road-Route-A.457 Stage II 1.66 7.66 4.67 1.68 77 77
Wolverhampton — I.R.R. Section III Salop St., Waterloo Rd. 1.66 1.68 10.66 8.68 970 1,047
Cheshire—Wilmslow By-Pass 11.65 11.67 Scheme superseded 220
Lancashire—Higham Diversion 12.65 12.66 9.66 9.67 77 77
Preston—I.R.R. Stage I 1.66 1.68 10.66 10.68 764 708
St. Helens—A.570 Impt. of Marshall Cross Railway Bridge 12.65 5.67 2.67 7.68 105 110
West Riding—Cinder Oven Bridge 1.66 1.67 Scheme superseded 151
Hertfordshire—Watford-Rickmansworth, Cassio Bridges 11.65 5.67 7.67 1.69 112 195
Hampshire—Basingstoke Development Worting Rd. Diversion 11.65 5.67 11.66 5.68 72 70
Hampshire—Basingstoke Development West Tangential Rd. North 11.65 5.67 11.66 5.68 422 417
G.L.C.—Strand Subway 1.66 10.66 Under review 325
G.L.C.—Streatham Place 1.66 3.67 3.67 12.67 195 188*
G.L.C.—Finchley Road (A.41) 12.65 6.69 7.66 7.69 2,258 2,651
Newham—Barking Rd./Green St. to Town Hall 12.65 12.66 1969.70 1970.71 200 243
London—Upper Thames Street (Bush Lane-Arthur St.) 1.66 1.67 9.66 12.67 360 343
G.L.C.—Beckenham Road Railway Bridge way Bridge 10.65 10.66 3.67 3.68 80 121
G.L.C.—Holloway Road Railway Bridge 9.65 5.66 11.68 2.70 120 118
Hounslow—Gunnersbury Station Railway Bridge 1.66 7.67 1.67 12.68 130 151
G.L.C—St. Johns Hill, Battersea 12.65 4.66 10.66 10.67 250 146
Buckinghamshire — Black Horse Canal Bridge 8.65 8.66 8.66 5.67 90 87
Birmingham—Paradise Circus 11.65 11.68 3.67 12.70 2,670 2,670*
Brownhills—Walsall-Lichfield Road 12.65 12.66 12.67 3.69 225 240
West Riding—Haigh Cottages—Oulton 10.65 11.67 4.67 4.69 375 358
West Riding—Stanningley By-Pass 9.65 9.67 6.66 5.68 992 990
* Grant value being reviewed.