§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Minister of Transport if she will state the total mileage of trunk roads, dual carriageways and motorways per thousand square miles in England at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. SwinglerThe following are the latest available figures for Trunk Roads and Trunk Road Motorways:
Approximate miles per 1,000 sq. miles All-purpose trunk roads (as at 31st March, 1966) 108 Dual carriageway all-purpose Trunk Roads included in above (as at 31st March, 1966) 15 Motorways (as at 1st June, 1967) 8 Figures for non-trunk dual carriage-ways are not readily available.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Minister of Transport what proportion of trunk roads in England have a carriageway width of under 24 feet.
§ Mr. SwinglerI regret this information is not readily available.
§ Mr. Berryasked the Minister of Transport which lengths of motorways she
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MOTORWAY MILEAGE (ENGLAND) Motorways in Use Miles Completion Date Actual or Estimated Cost (including land unless otherwise stated) £m. M1 London-Yorkshire North of Fiveways Corner-Brockley Hill 4.3 May, 1967 10.6 Brockley Hill-Aldenham 4.0 October, 1966 4.5 Aldenham-Crick (including M10 and M45 Spurs) 73.2 November, 1959 50.5 (main works only) see * below Crick-Markficld (including Enderby Spur) 26.7 October, 1964 and January, 1965 Markfield-Kegworth 11.0 December, 1965 Kegworth-Sandiacrc 5.0 May, 1966 Sandiacre-Nulhall 6.0 August, 1966 Nuthall-Annesley 5.3 May, 1967 Annesley-Pinxton 3.1 July, 1967 M2 Medway Motor Road 25.2 May, July and September, 1963 16.0 has opened; how many miles these total; and which of these lengths were commenced since the autumn of 1965.
§ Mr. SwinglerThe following lengths of Ministry motorways, totalling 72.8 miles, have been opened since 22nd December, 1965, and work on all of them started before the autumn of that year:—
M1 London—Yorkshire
N. of Fiveways Corner—Aldenham.
Kegworth—Pinxton.
M4 London—South Wales
Tormarton—Almondsbury.
Severn Bridge and Approaches.
M6 Birmingham—Preston Carlisle
Darlaston—Dunston.
A1(M) Baldock By-Pass
A40(M) High Wycombe By-Pass
Stokenchurch—Handy Cross.
§ Mr. Awdryasked the Minister of Transport if she will list the sections of motorway, showing the mileages in each case, which are in use, under construction, for which tenders have been invited, for which schemes have been made, for which draft schemes have been published and for which a line has not yet been published, showing the actual or estimated completion date and the actual or estimated cost wherever possible.
§ Mr. SwinglerThe following table shows the position at 25th July. Information about local authority motorways is limited to sections in use or for which schemes have been made by the highway authorities concerned and submitted to my right hon. Friend for confirmation.
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M4 London-South Wales Chiswick-Langley 12.5 November, 1964 and March, 1965 19.6 Slough By-Pass 5.4 April, 1963 4.9 Maidenhead By-Pass 5.9 June, 1961 3.0 Tormarton-Hambrook 7.9 December, 1966 28.0 Hambrook-Almondsbury (including Almondsbury Interchange and Ham-brook Spur) 5.5 September 1966 Severn Bridge and Approaches 6.5 September, 1966 M5 Bristol-Birmingham Twyning-Lydiate Ash 26.0 July, 1962 9.4 Lydiate Ash-Quinton 6.0 November, 1965 6.6 M5 Filton By-Pass(Gloucester C.C. Motorway) 2.25 May, 1963 .07 M6 Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Darlaston-Shareshill 5.9 September, 1966 12.6 Shareshill-Dunston 8.4 March, 1966 Dunston-Preston 78.5 August, 1962-November, 1963 56.1 Preston By-Pass 8.1 December, 1958 5.2 Preston-Lancaster 13.3 January, 1965 11.0 Lancaster By-Pass 11.4 April, 1960 4.7 M50 Ross Spur 21.0 November, 1960 6.7 M62 Stretford-Eccles By-Pass (Lancashire C.C. Motorway) 5.95 October, 1960 5.6 A1(M) Stevenage By-Pass 7.1 July, 1962 2.2 Doncaster By-Pass 15.5 July, 1961 6.5 Darlington By-Pass 13.0 May, 1965 6.5 Baldock By-Pass 2.8 June, 1967 4.1 (includes † below) A20(M) Maidstone By-Pass 6.8 June and December, 1960 2.6 A40(M) High Wycombe By-Pass Stokenchurch-Handy Cross 7.9 June, 1967 5.1 (main works only) Leeds Inner Ring Road Stage 1 (Leeds C.B.C. Motorway) 0.7 January, 1967 2.1 448.3 308W309W
Motorways under construction Miles Estimated Completion Date Actual or Estimated Cost (including land unless otherwise stated) £m. M1 London-Yorkshire Pinxton-Barlborough 14.2 August, 1967 … 31.7 includes * above Barlborough-Morthen 6.9 December, 1967 … Aston-Tinsley (including part of Thurcroft Link) 6.5 October, 1967 … 6.0 (main works only) Tinsley Viaduct 0.75 October, 1967 … 4.5 (main works only) Meadowhall-Tankersley 5.5 June, 1968 … 6.0 (main works only) Tankersley-Horbury 13.7 August, 1968 … 14.0 (main works only) Horbury-East Ardsley 3.6 August, 1967 … 3.9 (main works only) East Ardsley-Stourton 4.5 October, 1967 … 5.4 (main works only) M5 Birmingham-Bristol Quinton-Oldbury 3.6 December, 1969 … 5.9 (main works only) West Bromwich (A41)-Ray Hall (Great Barr) 4.7 December, 1969 … 5.8 (main works only) Strensham-South of Bredon 1.5 June, 1970 … 1.7 (main works only) Cribbs Causeway-Avonmouth 4.25 December, 1969 … 5.8 M6 Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Ray Hall-Darlaston 2.8 December, 1969 … 10.7 Penrith By-Pass 7.9 February, 1969 … 8.9 M18 Morthen-Doncaster By-Pass (including part of Thurcroft Link) 9.5 February, 1968 … 5.1 (main works only) M62 Lancashire-Yorkshire Milnrow-Rakewood 2.0 April, 1969 … 4.4 Moss Moor-Pole Moor 5.87 November, 1969 … 8.2 A1(M) Baldock By-Pass 3.8 October, 1967 … †
Motorways under construction Miles Estimated Completion Date Actual or Estimated Cost (including land unless otherwise stated) £m. A1(M) Durham Motorway Aycliffe-Bradbury … … 5.5 September, 1967 … 4.7 Bradbury—Bowburn … … 6.6 December, 1968 … 4.6 Bowburn-Carrville … … 4.7 May, 1969 … 3.9 A40(M) High Wycombe By-Pass Handy Cross-Burkes Road … … 4.83 June, 1968 … 4.0 (main works only) Loudwater Viaduct … … 0.3 November, 1968 … 1.9 (main works only) 123.5
Tenders invited Miles M1 London-Yorkshire Fiveways Corner Flyover … … … … … … … … 0.5 M6 Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Killington-Tebay … … … … … … … … 9.0 9.5
Schemes made Miles M3 London-Basingstoke … … … … … 40.73 M4 London-South Wales Tormarton-Liddington … … … … … 30.5 Theale-Winnersh … … … … … 12.23 M5 Birmingham-Bristol Oldbury-W. Bromwich … … … … … 2.2 South of Bredon-Almondsbury … … … … … 39.5 Avonmouth-Easton-in-Gordano … … … … … 1.0 Easton-in-Gordano-East Brent … … … … … 20.0 M6 Birmingham-Preston-Carlisle Catthorpe-Ray Hall … … … … … 37.7 Carnforth-Killington … … … … … 15.43 Tebay-Hackthorpe … … … … … 12.0 Penrith-Carlisle … … … … … 12.3 Carlisle By-Pass … … … … … 6.9 M56 North Cheshire Motorway Preston Brook-Hapsford … … … … … 8.0 M61 Preston-Manchester Preston Westhoughton … … … … … 13.1 Middle Hulton-Manchester … … … … … 5.6 M 62 Lancashire-Yorkshire Worsley-Milnrow … … … … … 13.0 Rakewood-Co. Boundary (Moss Moor) … … … … … 2.0 Pole Moor-Calder … … … … … 6.62 Calder-Gildersome … … … … … 7.63 Gildersome-Lofthouse … … … … … 5.83 Lofthouse-A1 (Ferrybridge) … … … … … 11.3 A1(M) Durham Motorway Carrville-Chester-le-Street … … … … … 5.5 A20(M) Ditton By-Pass … … … … … 6.75 A40(M) Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross By-Pass … … … … … 7.75 323.57 310W311W
Draft Scheme published M1 London-Yorkshire S. of Fiveways Corner-North Circular Road … … … … … … 2.0 M4 London-South Wales Winnersh-Holyport … … … … … … 6.72 Liddington-Trieale … … … … … … 28.7 M5 Bristol-Birmingham East Brent-Edithmead … … … … … … 2.5 M11 London-Cambridge Chigwell-Stump Cross … … … … … … 34.0 M23 London-Crawley … … … … … … 26.0
Miles M25 South Orbital Motorway Leatherhead-Godstone … … … … … … 11.56 M56 North Cheshire Motorway Princess Parkway-Bowdon … … … … … … 6.5 M61 Preston-Manchester Westhoughton-Middle Hulton … … … … … … 3.6 M65 Gilder some Street-Leeds … … … … … … 3.92 Line not yet published 125.50 M11 London-Cambridge South of Chigwell section … … … … … … 3.0 M18 Thorne Section … … … … … … 2.2 M18 Doncaster Southern Section … … … … … … 11.1 M25 South Orbital Motorway … … … … … … 35.44 M56 North Cheshire Motorway Bowdon-Preston Brook … … … … … … 10.4 Sharston By-Pass … … … … … … 3.25 M62 Sale Eastern and Northenden By-Pass … … … … … … 4.5 A1(M) Birtley By-Pass … … … … … … 2.5 72.39
LOCAL AUTHORITY MOTORWAYS Schemes Made and Confirmed Black Fell-White Mare Pool (Durham C.C.) … … … 3.6 Leeds Inner Ring Road (Stages I and 11) (Leeds C.B.C.) … … … 1.5 5.1 Schemes Made and Submitted for Confirmation Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Motorway East (Newcastle C.B.C.) … … … 1.2 Stretford Eccles By-Pass Extension (Lancashire C.C.) … … … 1.1 Eccles By-Pass (Lancashire C.C.) … … … 1.8 Ringway Airport Link (Cheshire C.C.) … … … 0.4 Leeds South-East Urban Motorway (Leeds C.B.C.) … … … 2.49 Bristol Parkway (Bristol C.C. and Gloucestershire C.C.) … … … 2.75 Aston Expressway (Birmingham C.B.C.) … … … 1.55 11.29