§ Sir N. Cooper-Keyasked the Minister of Transport what has been the annual expenditure on improvements to the A21 London to Hastings road during the last five years; and upon what authorities and in what amounts has such expenditure been incurred.
§ Mr. Marsh:Annual expenditure by each of the highway authorities responsible for the A21 London to Hastings road outside the Greater London Council's area is set out in the table below. The figures include expenditure by Kent County Council on the Sevenoaks By-pass in the years 1964–65 to 1967–68 totalling £5,611,652.
improvement of, and what expenditure forecasts he has made for, the A21 London to Hastings road.
§ Mr. Marsh:I have approved a Kent County Council scheme, on which work has recently started, to by-pass the A21 from the southern end of the Sevenoaks By-pass to south-east of Tonbridge at an estimated cost of £5,016,000.
In addition, during the next five years, the highway authorities concerned propose to spend £718,860 on A21 outside the Greater London Council's area on schemes which include improvements at Hildenborough (Watts Cross), Lamberhurst, Vinehall Bends, Flimwell and Hastings (Wellington Place/Harold Place).
Grants towards the cost of these schemes have been issued or will be considered at the usual rate of 75 per cent.