§ 54. Mr. Moonmanasked the Minister of Transport what improvements both major and minor, have been made to the A127 between Gallows Corner and Southend during the last five years; and how much each of these cost.
§ Mr. MurrayAs the answer is rather lengthy I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the information:
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A. TRUNK ROAD IMPROVEMENTS £ Footbridge at Fortune of War, Laindon 13,857 Improvement of Rayleigh Weir Roundabout 105,190 South carriageway Brook Road—bus layby 2,000 Pound Lane, North Benfleet. Deceleration splay 4,000 Widening and superelevation at junctions A127/Rayleigh Spur 21,919 Realignment of bends west of Summer Hill Garages, Basildon 12,840 Acceleration and deceleration lane and bus layby Gardiners Lane, Basildon 10,000 Bus layby at Pipps Hill, Basildon 5,000 Turning spaces at Pound Lane, Church Road and Bracken Mount, Basildon 5,159 Turning spaces at Nevendon Road North and Pipps Hill, Billericay 4,471 Improvement west of Nevendon Roundabout to the Harrows Public House 50,868 Laybys south-west of Pipps Hill, Basildon 3,150 Splays at junction with Childer-ditch Lane, Little Warley 10,500 Realignment between Hovefields and the Cricketer's 10,500 Improvement east of A176 to west of Nevendon Roundabout 69,108 Dunton Flyover 646,115 Widening from Childerditch Lane to east of A176 underpass 125,782 Nevendon Roundabout. Removal of roundabout and installation of traffic signals (interim scheme pending grade separation) 37,150 Improvement of southern and northern carriageways Rayleigh Weir to Southend Borough Boundary 69,000 Total 1,196,609
B. PRINCIPAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (IN SOUTHEND COUNTY BOROUGH) £ Four footbridges over A127 at (a) Progress Road/The Fairway, (b) Rayleigh Road/Cockethurst Avenue, (c) Denton Approach/Richmond Drive, (d) Rochford Road/Hobleythick Lane. (Dealt with collectively for grant, but (c) yet to be carried out.) 59,685 Widening Victoria Road (A127) between Inner Ring Road junction and Carnarvon Road junction, providing dual carriageways, bus laybys and a pedestrian subway 180,500 Construction of bus bay on A127 (in Prince Avenue) 2,000 Construction of bus bay in Victoria Avenue south of Harcourt Avenue 2,500 A127 dual carriageways at Victoria Avenue from Carnarvon Road to junction of East and West Street 329,149 Provision of traffic signals at Kent Elm junction with A1127 8,200 Total 582,034