HC Deb 29 May 1970 vol 801 cc652-4W
Mr. J. H. Osborn

asked the Minister of Transport if he will list the trunk motorway projects currently under construction indicating the cost of each and whether the construction is being supervised by consulting engineers, county authorities or road construction units:

Route Number Scheme Estimated Cost Supervised by
£m.
M1 Fiveways Corner Flyover 2.7 C
M40 Beaconsfield By-Pass 2.7 RCU
M4 Widening Slough Maidenhead By-Pass 2.7 RCU
M6 Catthorpe-A46 9.5 C
M6 A46-Coleshill 11.8 C
M6 Coleshill-Castle Bromwich 4.4 C
M6 Castle Bromwich-Gravelly Hill 11.7 C
M6 Gravelly Hill Interchange 10.9 C
M6 Gravelly Hill-Queslett Road 7.9 C
M6 Queslett Road-Ray Hall 4.2 C
M3 Popham-Basingstoke (E) 6.8 A.A.
M3 Basingstoke-Hawley 10.3 RCU
M3 Winchfield Railway Bridge 0.8 C
M3 Hawley-Lightwater 6.2 RCU
M4 Tormarton-Wootton Basset 11.8 C
M4 Wootton Bassett-Liddington 8.9 C
M4 Liddington-Wickham 9.0 C
M4 Wickham-Theale 12.0 C
M4 Theale-Winnersh 15.7 C
M4 Winnersh-Holyport 6.3 C
M20 Ditton By-Pass 8.1 RCU
M3 Thames Bridge 0.5 C
M5 Strensham-Bredon 3.7 C
M5 Bredon-Tredington 3.7 C
M5 Tredington-Churchdown 12.5 C
M5 Churchdown-Brookthorpe
M5 Brookthorpe-Eastington 7.0 C
M5 Eastington-Michaelwood 6.6 C
M5 Michaelwood-Almondsbury 6.9 C
M5 Avon Bridge 4.8 C
M5 Clapton Wick-St. Georges 13.1 C
M5 St. Georges-Edithmead 9.5 C
M5 Avon Bridge-Clapton Wick
M62 Gildersome-Lofthouse 7.4 RCU
M62 Moss Moor-Outlane Moor 10.2 A.A
M62 Outlane Moor-Outlane 1.8 RCU
M62 Outlane-Hartshead 12.2 RCU
M62 Hartshead-Gildersome 8.9 RCU
M6 Skelmersdale Slip Road 0.5 RCU
M63 Worsley-Whitefield 10.6 RCU
M6 Carnforth-Farleton 5.5 C
M6 Farleton-Killington 6.2 C
M6 Tebay-Trimby 8.5 C
M6 Killington-Tebay 12.5 C
M6 Carlisle By-Pass 8.2 A.A
M53 Bidston Moss Interchange 2.3 C
M56 Preston Brook-Hapsford (including Weaner Viaduct c) 14.2 C+RCU
M61 Horwich-Watergate Lane 14.7 RCU
M61 Watergate Lane-A580
M62 Whitefield-County Boundary 20.1 RCU
M6 Penrith-Carlisle 7.8 A.A
M53 West Kirby/Seacombe Railway-Hooton 14.5 C
M56 Wythenshawe-Bowdon 8.0 RCU
Note:
RCU=Road Construction Unit.
C=Consulting Engineer.
A.A=Agent Authority.

and if he will state for each project the estimated discounted rate of return or percentage rate of return in the first year of use, respectively.

Mr. Bob Brown:

Trunk road motorway schemes currently under construction are as follows. It is not the practice to publish rates of return on individual schemes.