HC Deb 21 October 1975 vol 898 cc126-7W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment why the review of trunk roads has been put off; when it was originally expected to be completed; when it is now expected to be completed; and when the last review was carried out.

Dr. Gilbert

The review was begun in 1972 and was the first since the Trunk Roads Act 1946. My right hon. Friend has decided, after completing his consultations with the local authority associations this summer, that it is not appropriate to seek legislative time for the major reshaping of the network indicated by the review at a time when local authorities have many other calls on their resources. We do, however, propose to trunk a small number of local authority roads, some still to be built, that properly form part of the national network, and to remove trunk road status from a number of trunk roads whose fuction has been taken over by other roads. The roads which I am proposing to trunk after further consultation with the local authorities concerned are:

  • M69/A46. Leicester Ring Road (partly new route).
  • A46/A15. Proposed relief road for Lincoln.
  • A52. Nottingham to Grantham.
  • A140. Coddenham (B1078) to Norwich.
  • A47/A12. Great Yarmouth.
  • A15. Lincoln to M180.
  • New Route. Gateshead bypass extension.
  • Scotswood Bridge to A69 and from A69 to A696.
  • A249. M2 to A2 at Bobbing and to Sheerness.
  • A21. M25 near Sevenoaks to Hastings.
  • New Route. Manchester Outer Ring Road, Eastern Section Bredbury-Denton-Middle-ton to M62.
  • M602. Salford Docks spur.
  • A1034. Market Weighton to Caves.
  • A354. Dorchester-Weymouth to docks.
  • A393/A39. Spur to Falmouth.
  • A585. Spur to Fleetwood.
  • New Route. Darlington A1(M) eastwards to A66.
  • New Route. Immingham spur.
  • New Route. Hull, extension of A63 to docks.
  • A604. Colchester eastern bypass to Harwich.
  • A15. M180 to A63.