HC Deb 31 January 1969 vol 776 c404W
Mr. J. E. B. Hill

asked the Minister of Transport if he will list with mileage those main sections of the A12 between Gallows Corner and Woodbridge which are not yet dual carriageway and give an estimated date in respect of each, by which they will be made dual carriageway.

Mr. Carmichael

The sections of A12 between Gallows Corner and Wood-bridge which are not yet dual carriageway are:—

Miles (approx.)
(a) Gallows Corner-Brentwood By-pass 2.25
(b) Brentwood By-pass-Ingatestone By-pass 1.75
(c) Ingatestone By-pass-North of Margaretting 1.75
(d) Widford-Hatfield Peverel 7.0
(e) Marks Tey—approaches to Stratford St. Mary By-pass 10.5
(f) Lattinford Bridge-Capel St. Mary By-pass 1.0
(g) Capel St. Mary By-pass-Copdock .75
(h) High House Farm-Ipswich County Borough boundary .5
(i) Robin Drive-Woodbridge By-pass 8.0

At present there are no proposals to provide dual carriageways on A12 between Gallows Corner and the Brentwood By-pass; the section will be by-passed by Radial Route 7.

Work is planned to start on Spring-field—Boreham and Stanway By-passes this year. These are both approximately 4.5 miles in length and are within sections (d) and (e) respectively.

Plans for dual carriageways on A12 in Ipswich are at a very early stage and are subject to town expansion proposals.

Preparatory work is in hand on schemes for dualling the remaining sections and subject to its satisfactory completion and the availability of funds it is hoped that construction of these can be started by the mid-1970s.