HC Deb 07 November 1972 vol 845 cc148-55W
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, under construction, and those motorways or length of motorway in use, respectively, as at 31st October.

Mr. Speed

Following is the information.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION Miles RCU Region
Ml LONDON-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
Stourton-Leeds Extension 0.1
South of Fiveways Corner-North Circular Road 2.7 E
Staples Corner Interchange 1.1 E
M3 LONDON-BASINGSTOKE MOTORWAY
Sunbury-Lightwater 12.7 SE
M4 LONDON-SOUTH WALES MOTORWAY
Reading/Wokingham Links 2.7 SE
M5 BIRMINGHAM-BRISTOL-EXETER MOTORWAY
Avonmouth Bridge 1.0 SW
Avonmouth Bridge-Huntworth 32.6 SW
Blackbrook-Chelston 6.9 SW
M11 LONDON-CAMBRIDGE MOTORWAY
South Harlow-A120 9.7 E
M23 LONDON-CREWLEY MOTORWAY
Hooley-Pease pottage 18.9 SE
M25 SOUTH ORBITAL MOTORWAY
Reigate-Godstone 7.4 SE
M27 SOUTH COAST MOTORWAY
Windhover-Funtley 5.0 SE
M40 LONDON-OXFORD MOTORWAY
Gerrards Cross By-Pass 7.2 E
Stockenchurch-Waterstock Cross Roads 9.5 E
M56 NORTH CHESHIRE MOTORWAY
Bowdon-Preston Brook 11.7 NW
Sharston By-Pass East 2.5 NW
M62 LANCASHIRE-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
Outlane-Chain Bar Interchange 8.8 NE
Tarbock-Worsley 20.1 NW
Lofthouse-Pollington 20.7 NE
M621 GILDERSOME STREET-LEEDS MOTORWAY 3.7 NE
M63 SALE-STRETFORD ECCLES MOTORWAY
Sale Eastern and Northernden By-Pass 4.1 NW
A1M Lemsford-Welwyn 3.0 E
TOTAL 192.1
FIRM PROGRAMME
Ml LONDON-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
Stirling Corner Link 0.9 E
M5 BIRMINGHAM-BRISTOL-EXETER MOTORWAY
Huntworth-Blackbrook 6.6 SW
Chelston-Willand 11.1 SW
Cullompton-Wobbly Wheel (including Exeter Spur) 13.8 SW
M11 LONDON-CAMBRIDGE MOTORWAY
Redbridge-South Harlow 13.8 E
A120-Stump Cross 14.8 E
M18 ROTHERHAM-GOOLE MOTORWAY
Thorne-East Cowick 4.7 NE
M20 MID-KENT MOTORWAY
Swanley-Wrotham 10.0 SE
M23 LONDON-CRAWLEY MOTORWAY
Northern Terminal Link 2.0 SE
Mitcham-Hooley 8.8 SE
Gatwick Link 0.8 SE
M25 NORTH ORBITAL MOTORWAY
Hunton Bridge-Maple Cross 6.0 E
M25 SOUTH ORBITAL MOTORWAY
Egham-Chertsey 4.8 SE
Godstone-Wrotham 18.1 SE
M27 SOUTH COAST MOTORWAY
Cadnam-Chilworth (inclucding Nursling Link) 13.0 SE
Funtley-Portsbridge 6.9 SE
M42 BIRMINGHAM-NOTTINGHAM MOTORWAY
Solihull Section 8.0 M
Tamworth Section 17.8 M
M54 TELFORD MOTORWAY
Wellington By-Pass 5.3 M
M55 PRESTON NORTHERN BY-PASS 10.0 NW

Miles RCU Region
M56 NORTH CHESHIRE MOTORWAY
Sharston By-Pass West 0.8 NW
M58 Aintree-M6 11.4 NW
M62 LANCASHIRE-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
Queens Drive-Tarbock 3.5 NW
Pollington-Rawcliffe 4.0 NE
Rawcliffe-Balkholme 7.2 NE
M66 BURY EASTERLY BY-PASS 8.8 NW
M67 HYDE BY-PASS 3.3 NW
Denton Relief Road (Stage 1) 2.0 NW
M69 COVENTRY-LEICESTER MOTORWAY 16.1 M
TOTAL 234.3

IN PREPARATION POOL
M3 EXTENSION
Compton-Popham 14.5 SE
Otterbourne and Chandlers Ford By-Pass (upgrading 5.0 SE
M11 LONDON-CAMBRIDGE MOTORWAY
Redbridge-Hackney Wick 4.3
Cambridge Western BY-Pass 14.0 E
M15 RINGWAY 2
A406-A13 3.8 E
M16 UXBRIDGE ROAD (A4020)-M1 19.0 E
M18 ROTHERHAM-GOOLE MOTORWAY
Wadworth-Hatfield 11.1 NE
M20 MID-KENT MOTORWAY
Maidstone-Folkestone 28.0 SE
M25 NORTH ORBITAL MOTORWAY
Maple Cross-M4 11.0 E
M25 SOUTH ORBITAL MOTORWAY
M4-Egham 4.0 SE
Chertsey-Reigate 17.3 SE
M27 SOUTH COAST MOTORWAY
Chilworth-Windhover 7.4 SE
Havant-Chichester 6.0 SE
M42 BIRMINGHAM-NOTTINGHAM MOTORWAY
Bromsgrove Section 18.6 M
Castle Donington Section 23.9 M
M54 TELFORD MOTORWAY
Telford-M6 17.6 M
Brownhills Extension 4.7 M
M62 LANCASHIRE-YORKSHIRE MOTORWAY
Balkholme-Caves By-Pass 6.2 NE
M63 SALE-STRETFORD-ECCLES MOTORWAY
Bredbury and Stockport By-Passes 5.6 NW
M64 STOKE-DFRBY MOTORWAY 47.0 M
M180 Brise By-Pass 5.5 NE
Thorne-Scunthorpe 12.8 NE
Scunthorpe Southern By-Pass 7.5 NE
A1M Cecil Road-Stanborough 6.3 E
A3M Horndean-Bedhampton 5.0 M
A6M Stockport North/South By-Pass 3.0 NW
Hazel Grove Improvement 1.9 NW
A41M Hunton Bridge-Tring 15.0 E
TOTAL 326.0
IN USE 907.9
UNDER CONSTRUCTION 192.1
IN FIRM PROGRAMME 234.3
IN PREPARATION POOL 326.0
TOTAL 1,660.3

Note: Motorway status will be accorded to other schemes at present the subject of studies at an early stage of preparation

Mr. Redmond

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those trunk and principal road schemes, giving the estimated cost of each, which were added to the forward programme

Motorways and Other Trunk Roads Estimated cost when programmed £m.
A61 Ripley-Swanwick—Alfreton By-Pass, Derbyshire 5.5
M58 Aintree-Skelmersdale—M6, Lancashire 10.8
A127/A132 Grade separation at Nevendon Junction, Essex 1.6
A17 Leadenham By-Pass, Kesteven 1.0
A20 Limekiln Viaduct, Kent 0.4
A31 Poulner Lane Diversion, Ringwood, Hampshire 2.0
A12 Ufford and Wickham Market By-Pars. East Suffolk 1.9
A3O/A38 Bodmin By-Pass, Cornwall 4.2
A30 Launceston By-Pass, Cornwall 3.3
A61 Little Eaton to Holbrook, Derbyshire 2.0
A40 Gloucester Northern By-Pass 7.1
A64 York By-Pass 9.6
A2 The Harbledowns By-Pass, Stage II Kent 0.6
A30 A4 to A315 Improvement, Hounslow, Henlys Corner to Clockhouse
Roundabout 2.1
A4 Colnbrook By-Pass. Dualling "Peggy Bedford ' Hotel to Stanwell Moor
Road Extension, Hillingdon 0.3
M69 Coventry—Leicester 16.1
A6 Great Glen By-Pass, Leicestershire 1.0
A66 Scotch Corner to Penrith Improvement, North Riding and Westmorland.
Kirkby Thore Railway Bridge. Stage I of West of Kirkby Thore to
Crackenthorpe Diversion 0.1
A38 Southern Connection from Gloucester to M5 1.0
A10 Littleport Bridge 0.3
A40/A312 Western Avenue (A40) to Church Road (A312) Junction 3.1
A64 Tadcaster By-Pass, West Riding 4.2
A406 A404/M1 Interchange, Harrow Road to West of Staples Corner 1.1
A45 Newmarket By-Pass, Cambridgeshire 10.4
A10 Brandon Creek to South Runcton, Norfolk 2.6
A1 Redhouse Junction Improvement, West Riding 1.5
M67 Denton Relief Road, Stage I. Lancashire 7.8
Principal Roads Estimated cost when programmed £m
Guildford Inner Ring Road, Stage I, Surrey 1.0
Havant Northern Overbridge Relief Road, Hampshire 0.7
A24 Capal By-Pass, Surrey 1.2
Exmouth Relief Road, Devon 1.5
Fleetbridge Intersection, Stage I, Poole, Dorset 2.6
A527 Porthill Bank Improvement, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire 0.5
Roman Road (A438 to A4013) Hereford 0.5
A458 Bridgnorth By-Pass, Salop 1.7
A428 Brandon and Breftord By-Pass, Warwickshire 0.5
Coventry North-South Road, Lythalls Lane to M6, Warwickshire 4.9
A53 Etruria Road (Etruria Station Bridge to Cobridge Road) Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire 1.7
Solihull Town Centre Relief Road, Warwickshire 0.4
A5002 Spring Gardens Relief Road, Buxton, Derbyshire 0.4
A624 Hayfield Relief Road, Derbyshire 0.3
Congleton Town Centre Relief Road, Cheshin 0.7
A688 Bishop Auckland By-Pass, Co. Durhart 2.7
Darlington Inner Ring Road Stage 5 0.9
A174 Greystones to Kirkleatham, North Riding, Yorkshire 0.7
Newcastle North-West Radial Route, Stage 2, Northumberland 0.7
Rotherham Inner By-Pass Stage 3 1.2
South Docks Road (Market Place to Hedon Road) Kingston-upon-Hull,
Yorkshire 4.2
Cavendish Street Extension, Skipton, Yorkshire 0.8

during the six months ended 30th September, 1972.

Mr. Speed

The following schemes have been added to the firm Roads Programme in England during the six months ended 30th September, 1972:

Principal Roads Estimated cost when programmed £m
A610 Langley Mill Diversion Derbyshire 0.9
A427 Wilbarston and Stoke Albany By-Pass, Northamptonshire 0.4
Bedford Western Relief Road 5.3
Hoddesdon Relief Road, Phase 2, Hertfordshire 0.7
A605 West End to Syers Lane, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire 0.3
Bishops Stortford North-Western By-Pass, Hertfordshire 1.1
Sadlers Farm Diversion, Basildon, Essex 0.6
Walford Central Area, Phase 5, Hertfordshire 1.2
A132 Wickford Inner Relief Road and Nevendon Road By-Pass, Essex 1.2
Riverside Drive, London Road and Batchworth Hill, Rickmansworth,
Hertfordshire 0.6
A212 Park Lane and Coombe Road, Croydon 1.0
Southend Lane/Sydenham Road/Bell Green Road Intersection, Lewisham 0.6
A123 Ripple Road Bridge, Barking 1.1
A236 Southbridge Road Croydon 1.2
A4000 Victoria Road and Old Oak Lane, Ealing 1.8

Mr. Redmond

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give, as at 30th September last, the total mileage of all-purpose dual-carriageways in use on the strategic trunk routes shown on the map of the primary trunk road network issued by his Department on 23rd June, 1971.

Mr. Speed

The latest available figure is 639 miles, which does not include motorways, roads duplicated by motorways and routes of little importance to through traffic.