HC Deb 16 March 1970 vol 798 cc53-4W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland which highway authorities in Scotland received additional grants for

ADDITIONAL GRANTS TO SCOTTISH HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES FOR NON-TRUNK ROAD IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE, WINTER PROGRAMME, 1968–69
Principal Roads Non-principal Roads
Highway Authority Maintenance Improvement Maintenance Improvement Total
£ £ £ £ £
Counties
Aberdeen … … 12,177 290 30,591 — 43,058
Argyll … … 31,073 — 10,032 39,007 80,112
Ayr … … — 23,471 — — 23,471
Banff … … 9,488 1,514 15,409 — 26,411
Bute … … — 8,944 — 7,345 16,289
Caithness … … — 367 1,854 — 2,221
Dumfries … … — 22,436 — 23,278 45,714
Dunbarton … … 31,653 13,872 — — 45,525
Fife … … 19,583 11,975 — — 31,558
Inverness … … 31,600* 27,500* — 30,500* 89,600*
Kirkcudbright … 12,536 — 4,089 — 16,625
Lanark … … 43,523 23,223 5,254 39,625 111,625
Moray and Nairn … 7,491 — 20,229 10,471 38,191
Orkney … … 1,630 — 4,200 3,707 9,537
Renfrew … … — — — 30,000* 30,000*
Ross and Cromarty 1,827 37,488 4,181 89,810 133,306
Stirling … … 4,304 28,460 — 4,121 36,885
Sutherland … … 11,043 7,083 — — 18,126
Wigtown … … — — — 32,984 32,984
Zetland … … 9,973 — — — 9,973
Total Counties … 227,901 206,623 95,839 310,848 841,211
Large Burghs
Airdrie … … 30,000* — — — 30,000*
Clydebank … … — 2,786 24,480 — 27,266
Coatbridge … … — — — 33,208 33,208
Dumbarton … … — — — 25,000* 25,000*
Dundee … … — — 53,468 19,248 72,716
Glasgow … … — — 19,667 53,857 73,524
Greenock … … — — — 136,956 136,956
Hamilton … … 9,043 — 6,834 — 15,877
Inverness … … — — 13,500* 13,800* 27,300*
Kirkcaldy … … 4,281 7,995 — — 12,276
Motherwell … 19,178 1,808 2,182 625 23,793
Paisley … … 4,800* 18,000* — — 22,800*
Port Glasgow … 29,000* — — 30,300* 59,300*
Rutherglen … … 200 — 7,199 — 7,399
Total Large Burghs … 96,502 30,589 127,330 312,994 567,415
Small Burghs
Culross … … — — 2,149 — 2,149
Johnstone … … — — — 51,840 51,840
Total Small Burgh … — — 2,149 51,840 53,989
Total All Highway Authorities 324,403 237,212 225,318 675,682 1,462,615
* Approximate figure: details still to be finalised.

maintenance and improvements for the winter programme 1968–69; and what was the amount spent, showing separately the financial assistance allowed.

Mr. Ross

The additional grants made to highway authorities under the winter programme, 1968–69, for maintenance and improvement of non-trunk roads are set out in the following list. These grants were for the full amount of approved expenditure.