Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Minister of Transport if she will list the schemes she has approved in the extension of the principal roads programmes for the conurbations of Greater London, Tyneside and West Midlands, together with the estimated cost of each scheme.
TYNESIDE CONURBATION: EXTENSION OF PRINCIPAL ROADS PROGRAMME FOR 1970 ONWARDS, ANNOUNCED 23RD AUGUST, 1967 Highway Authority Scheme Estimated Cost £000 Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council Central Motorway East 10,160 Jesmond Road/Stephenson Road (Stage H) 1,000 Durham County Council A695 Scotswood Bridge to Blaydon—Extension to Main Scheme 500 A694 Rowlands Gill to Dipwood Village 275 Gateshead County Borough Council Al Low Fell By-pass 1,100 South Shields County Borough Council A1055 Western Approach—Extension of dualling to Jarrow Road 275 Northumberland County Council A191 Station Road to Holystone 275
WEST MIDLANDS CONURBATION: EXTENSION OF PRINCIPAL ROADS PROGRAMME FOR 1969–70 ANNOUNCED 7TH JUNE, 1967 Highway Authority Scheme Estimated Cost £000 Aldridge/Brownhills Urban District Council A461 Walsall to Lichfield Road Sections II and IV 460 Staffordshire County Council A461 Aldridge/Brownhills U.D. Boundary to Muckley Corner 265 Walsall County Borough Council Hatherton Primary Distributor Road 3,250 Wolverhampton County Borough Council A449 Stafford Road-Church Road to Bushbury Lane 292 A449 Penn Road, improvement from Ring Road to Oaklands Road 385 Ring Road, Part V—A4150 Stafford Street to Broad Street 900 Birmingham County Borough Council A456 Hagley Road West, from Lordswood Road to Wolverhampton Road 500 A47/A45 Nechells Parkway Junction 750 A34 Walsall Road from Aldridge Road to Queslett Road 1,100 Middle Ring Road from Wheeleys Road to Bristol Street 900 Sutton Coldfield Borough Council A38 Sutton Coldfield By-pass from Maney Hill Road to Royal Hotel 350