HC Deb 13 October 1969 vol 788 cc22-4W
62. Mr. Speed

asked the Minister of Transport if he will list the schemes and dates of completion of improvements to the A5 Trunk Road in England in the last 10 years.

Mr. Bob Brown

Following is the informationThose improvement schemes to the A5 which have been completed over the last 10 years and which cost over £25,000 are as follows:

London

  • Improvement at junction with Kingsbury Road and Rookery Way. Hendon—1961.
  • West Hendon Broadway Traffic Management Scheme—1968.
  • Edgware Brook Bridge reconstruction—1968.

Hertfordshire

  • Widening from north of St. Albans to Red bourn—1959.
  • Additional slip road A5/M1 Friars Way—1966.
  • Improvement at Holywell Hill, St. Albans—1969.

Bedfordshire Improvement from Herts County boundary to Dunstable—l964.

Northamptonshire

  • Widening from Stowe Hill canal bridge to Chester Bridge, Weedon—1959.
  • Reconstruction of Kilsby railway bridge—1959.
  • Widening at Buckley Wharf and reconstruction of canal bridge—1959.
  • Widening from 266 yards North of Heyford Grange to Church Stowe turn—1960.
  • Provision of link from A5 to A428 junction on Motorway at Crick—1960.
  • Widening to 33 ft. from Long Dole bridge to Warwickshire county boundary—1964.
  • Reconstruction and realignment of Brock-hall railway bridge—1964.
  • Reconstruction of Welton railway bridge—1964.
  • Reconstruction of Kilsby/Crick station bridge—1966.

Leicestershire

  • Dualling from Bransford Bridge to Cross-in-Hand—1966.
  • Dualling at Willey Level Crossing—1968.
  • Willey Level Crossing to Cross-in-Hand, widening carriageway to 33 ft.—1968.
  • Dualling from North-West of Willey Level Crossing to South-East of Monks Kirby—1968.
  • Dualling from North-West of Wibtoft to North-West of High Cross—1968.

Warwickshire

  • Widening to 33 ft. from Gibbets Cross northwards—1960.
  • Improvement at Grendon—1961.
  • Improvement from Atherstone to the Isolation Hospital—1962.
  • Improvement from Isolation Hospital to Grendon Roundabout—1962.
  • Widening to 33 ft. from Gibbet Goss Roads to Newton Turn—1962.
  • Widening from Bransford Spinney northwards to Leicester/Warwick boundary—1962.
  • Improvement from Higham Lane to Lone-shoot Junction—1962.
  • Improvement from Witherley Lay-by to junction with A444—1962.
  • Improvement from Grendon Roundabout to Dordon—1963.
  • Improvement at Catthorpe Crest—1963.
  • Provision of Atherstone By-pass—1963.
  • Widening to 33 ft. from Atherstone By-pass to Witherley Lay-by—1965.
  • Widening from Dordon towards Wilnecote—1967.
  • Extension of dual carriageways at Wilnecote—1967.
  • Improvement at Royal Redgate—1968.

Staffordshire

  • Lowering of carriageway at Stretton—1962.
  • Dualling from East of Chase Road to Muckley Corner—1964.
  • Dualling from Gailey Reservoir to Four Crosses—1965.
  • Provision of Wall By-pass—1966.
  • Widening from Gailey Reservoir to Galley Roundabout—1966.
  • Realignment and dualling of Newton Railway Bridge—1967.
  • Provision of second carriageway to Wall By-pass—1967.
  • Widening of A34/A5 Junction Church Bridge—1967.
  • Removal of Turf Canal Bridge and provision of dualling—1969.

Shropshire

  • Improvement North-west of Montford-Emsdon—1962.
  • Widening of Shrewsbury By-pass—1967.
  • Improvement from Cock Island to Haygate Road, Wellington—1968.
  • Visibility improvement from Crackley Bank westwards towards Red Hill—1968.
  • Realignment of Queens Head/Babbinswood Railway Bridge—1968.
  • Realignment and reconstruction from Gobowen By-pass to Oak Mill Cross Roads—1969.

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