§ Lord AVEBURYasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will give the titles of First Programme Reports approved for highway schemes to start in each of the years covered by the public expenditure White Paper, Cmnd. 6393.
§ The PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE, DEPARTMENT of the ENVIRONMENT (Baroness Birk)On the assumption that the noble Lord is asking about schemes in the trunk road programme firmly programmed by my right honourable friend, the answer is as follows. The actual dates on which work will start on these schemes are of course dependent on any financial constraints obtaining at the time, and in some cases on the completion of the necessary statutory procedures.
1976–77
A27 Southwick widening, West Sussex
A27 Falmer diverion, East Sussex
A34 M4 to Ashridge Farm, Berkshire
A31 Bratley diversion, Hampshire
A38 Trethawle improvement, Cornwall
A38 Southern access of M5 to Gloucester, Gloucestershire
A36 Whaddon to Petersfinger improvement, Wiltshire
A38 Barton Turn Interchange, Staffordshire
A49 Ludlow By-pass, Salop
A66 Palliard to County Boundary, Cumbria
A168 Topcliffe and Asenby By-pass, North Yorkshire
A64 Malton By-Pass, North Yorkshire
A1 Redhouse junction improvement, South Yorkshire
1977–78
A45 Cambridge Northern By-pass to New market By-pass, Cambridgeshire
A40 A312 junction improvement, Ealing, Greater London
207WAM16/25 A110–A10, Enfield, Greater London
A40 Western Avenue/Greenford Road/Old-field Lane grade separated junction, Ealing, Greater London
M58 Aintree-Skelmersdale M6 Link (Western Section) Merseyside and Lancashire
A590 Arrad Foot diversion, Cumbria
M67 Denton Relief Road Stage 1, Greater Manchester
M180 Thorne to Scunthorpe. Humberside
A64 Tadcaster By-pass, North Yorkshire
M180 Scunthorpe Southern By-pass, Humberside
M18 Wadworth to Armthorpe, South Yorkshire
A61 Little Eaton to Holbrook, Derbyshire
M54 Telford to M6 Salop, Staffordshire and West Midlands
M25 Chartsey Links (Thorpe to Chertsey), Surrey
M25 Godstone to County Boundary, Surrey
M25 County Boundary to Sundridge Road, Kent
M26 Dunton Green to Wrotham, Kent
M20 West Kingsdown to Addington, Kent
M20 Sellindge to Folkestone, Kent
M27 Windhover to Hedge End, Hampshire
A3(M) Horndean to Bedhampton, Hampshire
A30 East of Whiddon Down to East of Cheriton Cross, Devon
A30 East of Cheriton Cross to Pocombe Bridge, Devon
A30 Bodmin to Higher Carblake, Cornwall
A34 Chilton to Drayton, Oxfordshire
A45 Cambridge Northern By-pass, Cambridgeshire
A10 Brandon Creek to South Runcton, Norfolk
A45 Rougham to Woolpit, Suffolk
M11 A120 to Stump Cross, Essex and Cambridgeshire
A5 Milton Keynes Diversion, Buckinghamshire
A1 Cecil Road to Roestock, Hertfordshire
M16/25 A12 to A13, Essex
M1 Berrygrove to Breakspears widening, Hertfordshire
A259 Bexhill Old Town By-pass, East Sussex
A45 Bickenhill Junction, West Midlands
A1 Felton By-pass, Northumberland
A66 Troutbeck Diversion, Cumbria
A66 Bowes By-pass, Durham
A1 Grade separated junction at Darrington, West Yorkshire
A64 Leeds to Bramham Crossroads Stage 1, West Yorkshire
A17 Leedenham By-pass, Lincolnshire
A52 Borrowash By-pass West extension, Derbyshire
A6 Great Glen By-pass, Leicestershire
208WAA405 Humming Bird to M10 (Park Street), Hertfordshire
A1 Archway Road, Winchester Road to Great North Road, Haringey, Greater London
M56 Hapsford to Lea-By-Backford, Cheshire
M65 Calder Valley (Hyndburn-Burnley), Lancashire
M5 Lydiate Ash to Dunton widening, Hereford and Worcester, West Midlands
M42 Tamworth Kingsbury, Warwickshire
M42 Tamworth Water Certon, Warwickshire
M42 Tamworth Polesworth, Warwickshire and Leicestershire
M42 Bromsgrove Section, Hereford and Worcester, West Midlands
M25 Chertsey to Wisley, Surrey
M3 Popham to Compton, Hampshire
A3 Burpham to Ladymead diversion, Surrey
M20 Ashford to Sellindge, Kent
M25 Thorpe to Chertsey, Surrey
M25 Sevenoaks Interchange, Kent
M11 Cambridge Western By-pass, Cambridgeshire
A604 Bar Hill to Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire
1978–79
A49 Leominster By-pass, Hereford and Worcester
A49 Brimfield to Ashton, Hereford and Worcester
A66 Appleby By-pass, Cumbria
A1 Alnwick By-pass Stage 2, Northumberland
A61 Chesterfield Inner Relief Road Stages 2 and 3, Derbyshire
A47 Swaffham By-pass, Norfolk
A47 Acle By-pass, Norfolk
A406 Folloden Way to Finchley High Road and Coppets Close, Barnet, Greater London
A13 East Ham and Barking By-pass, East Ham Manor Way (A117) Junction, Barking and Newham, Greater London
A511 Ashbourne Road to Allestree, Derbyshire
M20 Maidstone to Ashford, Kent
M40 Gloucester Northern By-pass Gloucestershire
A30 Tongue End Cross to East of Whiddon Down, Devon
M16/25 Theydon Bois (M11) to A12, Essex
1979–80
A168 Improvement Dishforth By-pass to A1, North Yorkshire
A660 Otley By-pass, West Yorkshire
A406 North Circular Road, Golders Geen Road Junction, flyover, Barnet, Greater London
M40 Oxford-Birmingham (Warwick Section) Warwickshire
A41 Berkhamsted By-pass, Hertfordshire
209WAIn Wales
1976–77
NIL
1977–78
M4 Bridgend Northern By-pass
A5/A487 Britannia Bridge
A55 Diversion East of Abergele
A55 West of St. Asaph to West of Bodelwyddan
A470 Dolgellau By-pass
A487 Caernarfon Inner Relief Road
A494 Queensferry Interchange
1978–79
A40 St. Clears By-pass
A40 Black Bridge and Pont Loerig
A55 Casino Junction Flyover to Pwll Melin
1979–80
NIL
In Scotland
The road construction programme in Scotland is a matter for my right honourable friend the Secretary of State in Scotland and is at present under review.