§ Mr. Brewisasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, giving the mileage in respect of each, those trunk motorways or lengths of motorway in preparation, firmly programmed, under construction and those motorways or lengths of motorway in use, respectively, as at 31st March 1974.
§ Mr. William RossThe information as at 31st March 1974 is given below:
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In Use Miles M90—INVERKEITHING-PERTH (a) Admiralty Road Flyover-Duloch 1.90 (b) Cowdenbeath and Kelty Bypass Stage II 7.23 (c) Kinross and Milnathort Bypass 7.96 M8—EDINBURGH-GLASGOW (a) Harthill Bypass 5.15 (b) West of Harthill-Newhouse 4.95 (c) Dochmont-Whitburn 7.55 (d) Newbridge-Dochmont 6.40 M74/A74—GLASGOW-CARLISLE TRUNK ROAD (Motorway Section) (a) Hamilton Bypass Stage 1 8.90 (b) Hamilton Bypass Stage II 4.65 M8/A8—GLASGOW-GREENOCK TRUNK ROAD (Motorway Section) (a) Renfrew Bypass 6.42 (b) Bishopton Bypass Stage I 0.43 M9—EDINBURGH-STIRLING (a) Polmont and Falkirk Bypass 5.37 (b) Newbridge-Muriehall (including Kirkliston Spur) 3.51 (c) Muriehall-Burghmuir 4.95 (d) Burghmuir-Lathallan 5.04 (e) Strling Bypass (South of Dunblane-Craigforth) 2.50 (f) Stirling Bypass (Craigforth-Torbrex) 2.11 (g) Stirling Bypass (Torbrex-Pirnhall) 2.59 M898/A898—ERSKINE BRIDGE TRUNK ROAD (Motorway Section) Erskine Bridge Link 0.98 disproportionate use of resources. Such information as is available, however, suggests that the numbers of disabled drivers killed while driving invalid vehicles were:
M73—MARYVILLE (M74)—MOLLINSBURN (A80) Maryville-Baillieston (A8)— Mollinsburn 6.66 95.25
Under Construction M80—GLASGOW-STIRLING (a) Haggs-Bankhead 0.96 (b) Bankhead-Ingliston 2.98 (c) Ingliston-Pirnhall 3.15 M876/A876—DENNYLOANHEAD-KINCARDINE BRIDGE Bankhead-North Broomage 3.83 M8/A8—GLASGOW-GREENOCK TRUNK ROAD (Motorway Section) Bishopton Bypass Stage II 3.82 M90/M85—PERTH BYPASS Craigend Interchange 1.10 15.84
Firmly Programmed M8—EDINBURGH-GLASGOW Baillieston—Glasgow City Boundary 0.85 M9/M876—EDINBURGH-STIRLING AND DENNYLOANHEAD-KINCARDINE BRIDGE Polmont and Falkirk Bypass-Stirling Bypass (M9) and Bellsdyke Road Bypass (M876) 10.66 M90—INVERKEITHING-PERTH (a) Arlary-Arngask 3.25 (b) Arngask-Craigend 6.75 M90/M85—PERTH BYPASS (a) Craigend-Broxden 2.50 (b) Craigend-Barnhill 0.75 24.76
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In Preparation M8—EDINBURGH-GLASGOW Newhouse-Baillieston 6.0
M 74 / A74—G LASGOW-CARLISLE TRUNK ROAD (Motorway Section) Draffen-Coalburn Road End 6.2 M77/A77—GLASGOW-STRANRAER TRUNK ROAD (Motorway Section) Glasgow City Boundary-Malletsheugh 2.5 M80—GLASGOW-STIRLING Glasgow-Haggs (Including extension to M80) 13.5 28.20
§ Mr. Brewisasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, giving the mileage in respect of each, those local authority motorways or lengths of motorway in use, under construction, motorway schemes confirmed by the Secretary of State and those made by the local authority and submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation, respectively, as at 31st March 1974.
§ Mr. William RossThe information as at 31st March is given in the table below:
In Use Miles GLASGOW INNER RING ROAD: NORTH AND WEST FLANKS Townhead Interchange 1.0 Kingston Bridge section 0.8 Woodside Section 0.7 Charing Cross Section 0.6 Total in use 3.1
Under Construction Glasgow Monkland Motorway (Stage I) 1.9 Glasgow Renfrew Motorway (Stage I) 1.89 Glasgow Renfrew Motorway (Stage II) 2.16 Total under construction 5.95
Schemes confirmed by the Secretary of State Monkland Motorway (Stage II) 3.46 Schemes made and submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation Ayr Motorway (Stage I) 1.03