§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how much extra mileage of motorway or dual carriageway has been added to the Preparation Pool and Firm Programme since 18th June, 1970; and what is the expenditure involved.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe information is as follows:
miles £ million Added to the preparation pool— Motorways 11 14.0 Dual carriageways 10 8.5 Added to the firm programme— Motorways None None Dual carriageways 2.16 0.44 Total 23.16 22.94 These figures do not include schemes transferred from the preparation pool to the firm programme since 18th June, 1970.
§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how much additional expenditure has been added to the Preparation Pool and Firm Programme for 459W roads in Wales since 18th June, 1970; and what perecentage this is of the total expenditure estimated.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe information is as follows:
Present value £m. Added since 18.6.70 Percentage Preparation Pool 152.50 33.0 21.64 Firm Programme 27.66 6.49 23.46 180.16 39.49 21.9 These figures do not include schemes transferred from the preparation pool to the firm programme since 18th June, 1970, or the large number of schemes each costing less than £100,000 which have been added to the firm programme.