HC Deb 23 April 1975 vol 890 c316W
Mr. Woof

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of houses which have been demolished for the purpose of building the western bypass motorway through Dunston-on-Tyne and the amount of compulsory purchase compensation paid.

Mr. Mulley

The Gateshead western bypass is a road for which Tyne and Wear Metropolitan County Council is the highway authority. I understand that 59 houses were demolished and compensation is in the region of £200,000, but that it is not possible to ascertain the actual cost of compulsory purchase compensation in the time available.

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