§ Dr. Dickson Mabonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the current programme of road improvements for which he is responsible in Renfrewshire with costs shown; and state the forward plans for improvement for which funds have, and have not, respectively, been allocated.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellMy responsibility for road improvements in Renfrewshire is limited to trunk roads, of which there is none in the burghs. The programme for the landward areas is as follows:
Schemes now in progress or to be authorised during 1973–74 Estimated Cost (£000) A8/M8—Glasgow-Greenock road: West Ferry to Port Glasgow 1,900 Bishopton Bypass, Stage II 3,500 A742—Greenock-Inverkip road 300 5,700 Schemes in Preparation Pool* A77—Glasgow Boundary to Malletsheugh. A77—Malletsheugh to Ayr County Boundary. A742—Chriswell Chapel to Bridgend, Inverkip. * Preliminary proposals which have not yet been costed in detail and for which funds have not yet been allocated.
§ Dr. Dickson Mabonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the current and future programmes, with dates, of road improvements which he has sanctioned within the burghs of Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock with costs shown; and what further requests have been put to him for further improvements which so far he has not approved or for which funds are not yet available, with costs shown.
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§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe following schemes for the improvement of principal roads in Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock have recently been authorised or are included in the approved programme:
Estimated Cost (£000) 1972–73 Greenock Reconstruction of A8/A742 junction 615 A8—Helen Street to burgh boundary (advance works) 38 A742—Inverkip Street to Newton Street/West Station area 21 Port Glasgow Dualling of AS from Scarlow Street to Greenock burgh boundary 1,510 A8—Shore Street to Balford Street junction 8 A761—Reconstruction at foot of CluneBrae 53 Gourock New access to Gourock Pier 80 1973–74 Greenock A8—Helen Street to burgh boundary 800 A742—Neil Street to Branchton Road 97 A742—Cumberland Road junction 65 A742—Improvement at IBM factory 145 Port Glasgow
A scheme to provide dual carriageways on A8 from Fyfe Shore to the burgh boundary will be authorised as soon as the town council has completed its preparatory work, possibly in 1973–74. The estimated cost is £950,000.
1974–75
I am considering the following schemes for inclusion in the 1974–75 programme and hope to announce my decisions soon:—
Estimated Cost (£000) Greenock A8—Gray Place to High Street 80 A742—Barrs Cottage to Gateside Avenue 200 A742—Auchmead Road to Benmore Lane 130 Port Glasgow A761—Clune Brae 150