HC Deb 02 November 1970 vol 805 cc290-1W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will consider designating single-lane roads several miles apart as motorways in order to ease the land requirement for new major roads, and to cut the accident rate through the existence of a natural built-in centre island.

Mr. Graham Page

Existing roads can occasionally be used to advantage as the two parts of a dual carriageway even though they diverge by a substantial distance but it would not be practical to convert such roads to motorway standards.

Local Authority Site Acres
English Regions
Northern Teesside County Borough Council The Ings, Redcar 141.8
Coulby Newham 662.0
Marton Farm 93.0
Darlington County Borough Council Whinfield Road 37.0
Stokesley Rural District Council Grey Towers, Nunthorpe. 90.0
Hetton Urban District Council Houghton Road 11.2
Yorks and Humberside Bradford County Borough Council Poplars Farm 98.9
Bolton Lodge 10.2
Hollins Close 2.7
Leeds Leeds County Borough Council Asket Hill 7.6
Huddersfield County Borough Council Netherton Moor 1.6
Skegness Urban District Council Queen's Road 7.0
Stanley (Yorks West Riding) Urban District Council. Canal Lane 33.7
Featherstone Urban District Council Girnhill Lane 12.0
East Midlands Derby County Borough Council Chaddesden 208.3
Chesterfield Borough Council Hasland Road 21.1
Mansfield Borough Council Oak Tree Lane 117.7
Parliament Square 0.3
Worksop Borough Council Kilton Hill 54.0
Hinckley Urban District Council Earl Shilton 9.6
Wellingborough Rural District Council Earls Barton 12.5
Eastern Saffron Walden Borough Council Peasland Road 15.6
London and South Eastern. London Borough of Havering Hornchurch Airfield 188.0
Woking Urban District Council Horsell 14.3
Herne Bay Urban District Council West End Estate 11.4
Western Area 0.2
Near Railway Station 0.1
Dartford Rural District Council Hartley 0.9
Bridge-Blean Rural District Council Kingston Canterbury 0.3
Hollingbourne Rural District Council Walderslade 10.3
Malling Rural District Council Walderslade 0.5
Chatham Borough Council Walderslade 0.9
Southern Newport (Isle of Wight) Borough Council Buckbury Lane 1.7
Itchen Urban District Council Middle Road, Sholing 1.0
South Western Blandford Rural District Council Larksmead, Blandford 16.2
West Midlands Lichfield Borough Council Northern Area 193.4
North Western Congleton Borough Council Park Lane Farm 46.0
Golborne Urban District Council Church Lane 51.6
Little Lever Urban District Council Boscow Road 8.8
Poulton-le-Fylde Urban District Council Carleton 79.5
Wales Abergele Urban District Council Ffynnon-y-Ddol 4.7
Scotland City of Edinburgh East Craigs 56.9
Royal Burgh of Stirling Broomridge Farm 76.0*
Stirling County Council Broomridge Farm 11.0*
Royal Burgh of South Queensferry Hopetoun Road 33.5
West Lothian County Council Kirkliston 11.8
* approx.