§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the total value of trunk roads firmly programmed as at 31st March 1976.
§ Mr. Barry JonesAbout £117 million.
§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list, giving the mileage in respect of each, those local authority motorways or lengths of motorway in use, under construction, motorway schemes confirmed by him and those made by the local authority and submitted to him, for confirmation, respectively, on 31st March 1976;
(2) if he will list, giving the mileage in respect of each, those trunk motorways or lengths of motorway in preparation, firmly programmed, under construction and those motorways or lengths of motorway in use, respectively, on 31st March 1976.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThere were no local authority motorway schemes in use, under construction, confirmed or awaiting confirmation.
The information in respect of trunk roads in Wales is as follows:
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In Preparation Mileage Castleton to Coryton 8.0
Firmly Programmed Bridgend northern bypass 8.1 Pyle bypass (stage 2) 1.5 9.6 Under Construction Tredegar Park to St. Mellons 4.7 Coryton to East of Miskin 5.2 East of Miskin to Pencoed 7.0 Pyle bypass (stage 1) 4.4 Pontardulais bypass 8.4 29.7 In use Newhouse to Tredegar Park 18.6 Port Talbot bypass 4.4 Morriston bypass 4.0 27.0
§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, giving the estimated cost of each, those trunk road schemes costing over £250,000 which were added to the forward road programme during the six months ended 31st March 1976.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe information is as follows:
Scheme Estimated Cost (£ million) A.5/A.55 Bangor bypass 11.2 A.5 Llanfair P.G. bypass 3.
§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the mileage of all-purpose dual carriageway in use on trunk roads at 31st March 1976.
§ Mr. Barry Jones86.
§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the estimated cost of the trunk road schemes in preparation and not firmly programmed at 31st March 1976.
§ Mr. Barry JonesAbout £347 million.
§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the total estimated commitments outstanding on 31st March 1976, and the total estimated new commitments in 1976–77, in respect of new construction and major improvements for principal roads and loans to highway authorities, respectively.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe information about commitments for construction and
407Wimprovements of principal roads is not available since the specific grants concerned were replaced by the transport supplementary grant on 1st April 1975. No loans have been made by my right hon. and learned Friend to highway authorities and none is planned for 1976–77.