Motorways

HC Deb 11 November 1971 vol 825 cc244-7W

Mr. Redmond

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, giving the mileage in respect of each, those trunk motorways or length of motorway in preparation, firmly programmed, and under construction respectively as at 31st October, showing in each case the road construction unit responsible, and those motorways or length of motorway in use.

Mr. Michael Heseltine

Following is the information:

					Miles	R.C. U. Region
In Use
M1	LONDON-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
	Fiveways Corner Flyover-Stourton	…	…	…	195.0	E.M. and N.E.
M2	MEDWAY MOTORWAY	…	…	…	25.2	S.E.
M3	LONDON-BASINGSTOKE MOTORWAY
	Lightwater-Popham	…	…	…	28.0	S.E.
M4	LONDON-SOUTH WALES MOTORWAY
	Chiswick-Holyport	…	…	…	23.8	S.E.
	East of Wootton Bassett-West of Liddington	…	…	5.8	S.W.
	Stanton St. Quintin-Severn Bridge	…	…	…	30.2	S.W.
M5	BIRMINGHAM-BRISTOL-EXETER MOTORWAY
	Ray Hall-North of Eastington	…	…	…	65.8	M. and S.W.
	North of Almondsbury-Avonmouth	…	…	…	7.9	S.W.
M6	CAITHORPE-BIRMINGHAM-PRESTON-CARLISLE MOTORWAY
	Ansty (A46)-Castle Bromwich	…	…	…	17.0	M.
	East of Ray Hall-Carlisle	…	…	…	193.9	M. and N.W.
	Skelmersdale Link	…	…	…	1.1	N.W.
M18	ROTHERHAM-GOOLE MOTORWAY
	Morthern-Doncaster Bypass	…	…	…	9.5	N.E,
	(Including part of Thurcroft Link)
M20	MID-KENT MOTORWAY
	Maidstone Bypass	…	…	…	6.8	S.E.
M40	LONDON-OXFORD MOTORWAY	…	…	…
	Beaconsfield Bypass-Stokenchurch	…	…	…	14.1	E.
M50	Ross SPUR MOTORWAY	…	…	…	21.0	S.W.
M56	NORTH CHESHIRE MOTORWAY
	Hapsford-Preston Brook	…	…	…	8.0	N.W.
M61	MANCHESTER-PRESTON MOTORWAY
	A580-Preston	…	…	…	22.3	N.W.
M62	LANCASHIRE-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
	Worsley-Outlane	…	…	…	26.9	N.W. and N.E.
	Gildersome-Lofthouse	…	…	…	5.8	N.E.
A1M	Stevenage Bypass	…	…	…	7.1	E.
	Baldock Bypass	…	…	…	6.6	E.
	Doncaster Bypass	…	…	…	15.5	N.E.
	Darlington Bypass (including A66 (M) Spur)	…	…	…	13.0	N.E.
A1M	DURHAM MOTORWAY
	Aycliffe-Birtley Bypass	…	…	…	24.8	N.E.
	TOTAL	…	…	…	775.1

					Miles	R.C.U. Region
In the Firm Programme
M1	LONDON-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
	Staples Corner Interchange	…	…	…	1.1	E.
	North Circular Road-South of Fiveways Corner	…	…	2.7	E.
	Stirling Corner Link	…	…	…	0.9	E.
M5	BIRMINGHAM-BRISTOL-EXETER MOTORWAY
	Huntworth-Willand	…	…	…	24.6	S.W.
	Cullompton-Peamore	…	…	…	13.2	S.W.
M11	LONDON-CAMBRIDGE MOTORWAY
	Redbridge-Stump Cross	…	…	…	38.0	E.
M23	LONDON-CRAWLEY MOTORWAY
	Northern Terminal Link	…	…	…	2.0	S.E.
	Mitcham-Pease Pottage	…	…	…	27.7	S.E.
M25	SOUTH ORBITAL MOTORWAY
	Egham-Chertsey	…	…	…	4.8	S.E.
	Reigate-Godstone	…	…	…	7.4	S.E.
M27	SOUTH COAST MOTORWAY
	Cadnam-Chilworth (including Nursling Link)	…	…	…	12.8	S.E.
	Windhover-Portsbridge	…	…	…	12.2	S.E.
M40	LONDON-OXFORD MOTORWAY
	Stokenchurch-Waterstock Cross Roads	…	…	…	9.5	E.
M42	BIRMINGHAM-NOTTINGHAM MOTORWAY
	Solihull Section	…	…	…	8.0	M.
	Tamworth Section	…	…	…	18.0	M.
M54	TELFORD MOTORWAY
	Wellington Bypass	…	…	…	5.3	M.
M55	PRESTON NORTHERN BYPASS	…	…	…	11.0	N.W.
M56	NORTH CHESHIRE MOTORWAY
	Sharston Bypass	…	…	…	3.3	N.W.
	Bowdon-Preston Brook	…	…	…	11.6	N.W.

					Miles	R.C. U. Region
In the Firm Programme:—cont.
M62	LANCASHIRE-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
	Queens Drive-Tarbock	…	…	…	3.5	N.W.
	Risley-Worsley	…	…	…	7.0	N.W.
	Lofthouse-Ferrybridge	…	…	…	11.3	N.E.
	Rawcliffe-Balkholme	…	…	…	7.2	N.E.
M63	Sale Eastern and Northenden Bypass	…	…	…	4.4	N.W.
M67	Hyde Bypass	…	…	…	3.3	N.W.
A1M	Lemsford-Welwyn	…	…	…	3.0	E.
	TOTAL	…	…	…	253.8

In the Preparation Pool
M3	EXTENSION
	Compton-Popham	…	…	…	14.5	S.E.
M11	LONDON-CAMBRIDGE MOTORWAY
	Redbridge-Hackney Wick	…	…	…	3.3
	Cambridge Western Bypass	…	…	…	14.0	E.
M12	SOUTH WOODFORD-BRENTWOOD MOTORWAY	…	…	…	10.8	E.
M15	RING WAY 2
	A406-A13	…	…	…	3.8	E.
M18	ROTHERHAM-GOOLE MOTORWAY
	Wadworth-Hatfield	…	…	…	11.1	N.E.
	Thorne-East Cowick	…	…	…	4.7	N.E.
M20	MID-KENT MOTORWAY
	Swanley-Wrotham	…	…	…	10.0	S.E.
M25	NORTH ORBITAL ROAD
	Hunton Bridge-Maple Cross	…	…	…	6.0	E.
	Maple Cross-M4	…	…	…	11.0	E.
M25	SOUTH ORBITAL MOTORWAY
	M4-Egham	…	…	…	4.0	S.E.
	Chertsey-Reigate	…	…	…	17.3	S.E.
	Godstone-Wrotham	…	…	…	18.2	S.E.
M27	SOUTH COAST MOTORWAY
	Chilworth-Windhover	…	…	…	7.4	S.E.
M42	BIRMINGHAM—NOTTINGHAM MOTORWAY
	Bromsgrove Section	…	…	…	12.3	M.
	Castle Donington Section	…	…	…	21.2	M.
M54	TELFORD MOTORWAY
	Telford-M6	…	…	…	17.6	M.
M58	Aintree-M6	…	…	…	11.4	N.W.
M62	LANCASHIRE-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
	Ferrybridge-Rawcliffe	…	…	…	13.4	N.E.
M64	STOKE-DERBY MOTORWAY	…	…	…	42.5	M.
M66	Bury Easterly Bypass	…	…	…	8.5	N.W.
M67	Denton Relief Road	…	…	…	2.0	N.W.
M69	COVENTRY-LEICESTER MOTORWAY	…	…	…	16.1	M.
A41M	Hunton Bridge-Tring	…	…	…	15.0	E.
	TOTAL	…	…	…	296.1

NoteThe above list does not include routes which are the subject of feasibility studies or which were added to the Preparation Pool on 23rd June. 1971.