§ Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total amount of public money that has been spent to date on the M54 Telford motorway; how much has been spent on each of the alternative routes; and why this expenditure was not delayed until the line of the road had been decided.
§ Mr. MarksApproximately £2 million, including £1 million on the design of the statutory route and investigation of alternatives. The line of the road was decided in 1973 and, apart from expenditure on the investigation of routes, all has been incurred since this time.