HC Deb 12 December 1977 vol 941 cc95-6W
Sir Raymond Gower

asked 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 30th September 1977.

Mr. Barry Jones

The information is as follows:

Scheme Estimated Cost (£m)
M4—Malpas—Tredegar Park (Widening) 2.86
A.40—Raglan-Abergavenny 11.75
A40—Improvement at Treffgarne Bridge 0.36
A48—Dual carriageway between Waterton roundabout and the access to new Ford works, Bridgend 0.42
A465—Strengthening of bridge parapets and the provision of safety barriers on Heads of the Valleys Road (Dukeston Roundabout to Glynneath western boundary) 3.35

Sir Raymond Gower

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, giving the mileage in respect of each, those trunk motorways or lengths of motorways in preparation, firmly programmed, under construction and those motorways or lengths of motorways in use, respectively at 30th September 1977.

Mr. Barry Jones

The information is as follows:

Motorways Mileage
In preparation
Baglan to Lonlas 5.9
Firmly programmed
Castleton to Coryton (work is now in hand) 8.0
Bridgend Northern bypass (advanced works are now in hand) 8.1
16.1
Under construction
Tredegar Park to St. Mellons (now in use) 4.7
Coryton to east of Miskin 5.2
East of Miskin to Pencoed 7.0
Pyle bypass (now in use) 5.9
22.8
In use
Newhouse to Tredegar Park 18.6
Port Talbot bypass 4.4
Morriston bypass 4.0
Pontardulais bypass 8.4
35.4