HC Deb 21 June 1967 vol 748 c288W
60. Mr. Gower

asked the Minister of Transport how much of the sum of £89 million to be spent on docks developments and improvements by the British Transport Docks Board during the next four years will be spent on work at Barry, Cardiff, Newport, Port Talbot and Swansea, respectively.

Mr. John Morris

Proposals for expenditures at South Wales ports included in the Board's capital investment programme for 1967–71 are as follows:—

£ Million
Barry … … … 1.6
Cardiff … … … 2.6
Newport … … … 3.4
Port Talbot … … … 12.0
Swansea … … … 3.0

In addition, the Board is seeking statutory powers to construct a new iron-ore terminal at Uskmouth to serve Richard Thomas & Baldwins' Llanwern Works, and £7.25 million is provisionally included in the programme to cover this project.

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