§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the roads which make up the 4,500-mile strategic network mentioned in the Consultation Document on Transport Policy; and if he will publish a map of the network.
§ Mr. MarksThe network consists of the existing and new trunk roads listed below and a small mileage of local authority roads whose possible trunking is still under discussion with the local authorities concerned. My right hon. Friend hopes to publish a map when these discussions are complete.
- A74/M6 Scotland to Junction with M1.
- M5 and A38 from M6 to Plymouth and junction with A30.
- M1 from junction with M62 to junction with M25.
- M25 London Outer Orbital Road (including section South Minims to Micklefield Green).
971 - M18 from M1 to M62.
- M180/A18 from M18 to Grimsby.
- M64 from M6 near Stoke to M1 near Nottingham.
- M40 from Birmingham to M25 London Outer Orbital Road.
- M42 from M5 Birmingham to M1 near Nottingham.
- A5/M54 and A5 from Welsh Border to M6 and extension to A38 near Tamworth.
- M55 from M6 to Blackpool.
- M58 from Liverpool to M6.
- M62/A63 from M57 at Liverpool to Hull.
- M53/M56 from Birkenhead to M63 south-west of Manchester.
- M61 from M6 to M62.
- Manchester Outer Ring Road.
- M65 Caulder Valley Route from M6 to Burnley.
- M66/A56 from junction with M62 to M65 Calder Valley Route.
- A46 Lincoln, Leicester and extension southwards to M5 via M69 to Coventry, A46 to Warwick and A439/A435.
- A41 from Chester to M54.
- Potential new route Birmingham West Orbital Road.
- A449 from M5 near Worcester to BWOR.
- A45/M45 from junction with M42 to junction with M1.
- A59 from Blackburn to Liverpool.
- A570 Southport to junction with A59 (near Skelmersdale).
- A1079 York to Market Weighton.
- A66 Route Darlington Teeside.
- A458 from A5 at Shrewsbury to Welsh Border.
- A40 from junction with M40 to A40/M50 near Ross-on-Wye.
- A419/A417 Swindon to Gloucester.
- A34 Winchester to Oxford and Oxford Ring Road.
- A49 Ross on Wye to Shrewsbury.
- A465 Hereford to Welsh Border.
- Potential new road arising from Feasibility Study between Swindon, Oxford and Milton Keynes.
- Potential new road arising from Feasibility Study between M1 near Luton to M11 near Sawbridge North.
- A45/A604 Felixstowe Cambridge Huntingdon.
- M50 A40 to Welsh Border.
- M4 from M25 (London Outer Orbital) to South Wales Border.
- M11 from M25 to Al at Huntingdon.
- M3 from M25 to M27 at Southampton.
- M23/A23 from M25 to Brighton.
- M20 from M25 to Folkestone.
- M26 Swanley to Sevenoaks.
- South Coast Road A35 (Honiton) via Dorchester to A37 (Wimborne) M27/A27/A259/A20 to Dover.
- A2/M2/A2 from M25 to Dover.
- A303/A30 from M3 to Exeter and Penzance.
- North Devon Link from Bideford to junction with M6.
- A36/A46 Southampton Bath to junction with M4.
- M3 from M25 to M27 at Southampton.
- A13 from M25 to Tilbury.
- A127 from M25 to Southend.
- A12 from M25 to Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich.
972 - A11 from junction M11 Stump Cross to Norwich.
- A1/A1(M) from M25 to Scottish Border at Berwick upon Tweed.
- A43/A16 Northampton, Stamford and Grimsby.
- A64 from junction with Al to Scarborough.
- A47 Leicester Peterborough Norwich Great Yarmouth.
- A168/A19 from Al at Dishforth to Teeside and Sunderland.
- A66 from Workington to junction with A1 South of Darlington.
- A68/A696 Newcastle to Scottish Border.
- A69 Carlisle to Newcastle.
- A590/A65 from Barrow in Furness to Leeds.
- A57 from junction with M1 via Worksop to A1(M).
- A446/A38/A61 from M42 at Water Orton to Derby and Alfreton.
- A483 Chester to Welsh Border.
- A51/A556 Chester to M56.
- A580 Liverpool Manchester.
- M10/A6 link M1 to M25.
- A405 between M25/M1/M10 and A1(M).
- A56 between M56 and M63.
- A449 and A5 between M54 and M6—north of Wolverhampton.
- A628/A616 Manchester Sheffield.
- M56/A56 from M62 Manchester to Calder Valley Route.
- South of Leeds to A1 Dishforth.
- A17 Newark to King's Lynn.