Roads

HC Deb 28 January 1972 vol 829 cc538-41W

Mr. Redmond

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has for improvements to the principal road system in the South-East Lancashire and North-East Cheshire and Yorkshire conurbations.

Mr. Graham Page

The following 46 road schemes in the urban areas of South

Authority				Scheme
Bolton C.B.C.	…	A673	…	…	Inner Renet Road, Northern limb (Chorley New Road to Moor Lane and Kaye Street).
	Daubhill link (junction A58/6140 to A579) (Bolton section).
		A579	…	…	Bury Road improvement (Bradford Street to Oaken-bottom Road).
Bury C.B.C.	…	A58	…	…	Rochdale Road widening (Heywood Street to Bury Easterly By-pass).
Cheshire C.C.	…	…	…	…	Hyde Inner Relief Road, Stage 1.
	A5102	…	…	Widening (A6 diversion. Stockport to Bridge Lane). Bramhall.
	A538	…	…	Dualling (M56 to Wilmslow).
Lancashire C.C.	…	A6017	…	…	Guide Lane improvement, Audenshaw (Nelson Street to Denton Road).
	A663	…	…	Broadway improvement, Failsworth and Royton (Moston Lane East to Eustace Street).
	A57	…	…	Diversion, Eccles town centre.
	Southern slip roads at junction of link road from Ashton-under-Lyne with Manchester Outer Ring Road.
	Daubhill link (junction A58/A6140 to A579) (Lancashire section).
	A668	…	…	Blackburn Street diversion Radcliffe.
Manchester C.B.C.	…	A6	…	…	Downing Street overpass at Mancunian Way.
	A5103	…	…	Princess Road improvement (Parkside to Inner Ring Road).
	Inner Ring Road, Stage 2 (Palmerston Street to Rochdale Road and including Oldham Road diversion Butlar Street to Inner Ring Road).
	Inner Ring Road, Stage 3 (Rochdale Road to Salford boundary at A56).
	Princess Road improvement (Parkside Road to Mauldeth Road).
	A57	…	…	Hyde Road improvement (Intermediate Ring Road to Inner Ring Road).
	A57	…	…	Hyde Road improvement (Intermediate Ring Road to Reddish Lane).
	A56	…	…	Bury New Road improvement (New Bridge Street to Salford boundary).
Oldham C.B.C.	…	A62	…	…	Manchester Street improvement (Southern Internal bypass to Frederick Street).
	A62	…	…	Manchester Road improvement (Frederick Street to Clowes Street).
Rochdale C.B.C.	…	A671 and A627	…	Molesworth Street, Wood Street and Oldham Road improvement (John Street to Ainsworth Street).
	A627	…	…	Oldham Road improvement (Ainsworth Street to Broad Lane).
	A58	…	…	Yorkshire Street and Halifax Road dualling (Lomax Street to Albert Royds Street).
Salford C.B.C.	…	…	…	…	Manchester Inner Ring Road, Salford section (M602 to A56 North).
Stockport C.B.C.	…	A626	…	…	Diversion, Stage 1 (Manchester Road/Sandy Lane to Great Portwood Street).
	A626	…	…	Diversion, Stage 3 (Spring Gardens to Offerton Lane/ Woodlands Drive).
Bradford C.B.C.	…	A6036	…	…	Outer Ring improvement (Laisterdyke to Dudley Hill).
Dewsbury C.B.C.	…	…	…	…	Southern By-pass, Stage 1.
	Huddersfield Road improvement.
Halifax C.B.C.	…	A629	…	…	Huddersfield Road improvement.
		A629	…	…	Inner Relief Road, Stage 3.
Huddersfield C.B.C.	…	A629	…	…	Halifax Road improvement (East Street to M62).
	A629	…	…	Wakefield Road improvement.
	A616	…	…	Lockwood Road improvement.
Leeds C.B.C.	…	A6120	…	…	Outer Ring Road improvement (Leeds C.B. boundary eastwards to existing dualling at Parkstone Avenue).
Wakefield C.B.C.	…	A61/A638	…	A61/A638 Flyover.
		A638	…	…	Doncaster Road improvement.

East Lancashire, North-East Cheshire and in the West Riding of Yorkshire are to be added to the Principal Road Preparation List today.

Authority				Scheme
West Riding C.C.	…	A644	…	…	Improvement Brighouse to M62.
		A638	…	…	Diversion at Heckmondwike.
		A638	…	…	Cleckheaton By-pass.
		A638	…	…	Improvement Cleckheaton to Chain Bar (M62). New route Royds Green (M62) to A63. Shipley-Thackley-Leeds link.

Further schemes in these areas are being considered for the major extension of the preparation list, covering England generally, which it is hoped to announce before long.