Road Schemes

HC Deb 10 December 1971 vol 827 c405W

Mr. Redmond

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those public inquiries in respect of road schemes costing more than £1 million in respect of which he has not yet announced his decision, giving the date each public inquiry was held.

Mr. Michael Heseltine

The list is as follows:

Road Scheme and Date of Inquiry

1. 1. London-Dover Radial—September, 1970.
2. 2. A590 Barrow (Arnside) Link—November/December, 1970.
3. 3. A3 Esher Bypass—November/December, 1970^*.
4. 4. M18 Wadworth-Hatfield—March, 1971.
5. 5. M3 Popham-Compton—March, 1971.
6. 6. All Cringleford Bypass—May, 1971.
7. 7. M25 Chertsey-Leatherhead—June, 1971.
8. 8. A259 Realignment in Shoreham and Southwick—June, 1971.
9. 9. M27 Cadnam-Chilworth—July, 1971.
10. 10. M5 Cullompton-Poltimore Bowls—July 1971.
11. 11. A50 Blyth Bridge Bypass—July, 1971.
12. 12. Birmingham-Coventry Road—August, 1971^*.
13. 13. M62 Rawcliffe-Balkholme—August, 1971.
14. 14. Portsmouth-North/South Road Stage 2 (Church Street to Kingston Crescent)—September, 1971*.
15. 15. A406 Colney Hatch Lane Flyover—September, 1971.
16. 16. Coventry-Stiviehall-Chcylesmore Bypass October, 1971.
17. 17. A61 Barnsley-Eastern Relief Road—November, 1971^*.
18. 18. M62 Ferrybridge-Rawcliffe—November, 1971
19. 19. M18 Thorne-East Cowick—November, 1971.
20. 20. M5 Almondsbury Junction—Southmead, November, 1971.
21. 21. A14 Huntingdon-Godmanchester Bypass—November, 1971^*.
22. 22. A567 Litherland Lift Bridge—November, 1971^*.

These cases give rise to issues of varying complexity and decisions will be given as soon as possible. In the case of the London Dover Radial a decision must be deferred at any rate until the Greater London Development Plan local inquiry in January, 1972.

^* Compulsory Purchase Order only.