HC Deb 01 February 1977 vol 925 cc106-17W
Mr. Fitch

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will provide a list of all major road schemes, with estimated starting dates, at present in the preparation pool.

Mr. Horam

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 25th January 1977; Vol. 924, c. 580], circulated the following information:

TRUNK ROAD SCHEMES UNDER PREPARATION
Scheme Estimated start On 4,500-mile network
M1 Berrygrove-Breakspears Widening (b) *
M3 Popham-Compton (b) *
M3 Compton Bassett widening (b) *
M5 Lydiate Ash-Quinton widening (b) *
M11 A120-Stumps Cross (a) *
M11 Cambridge Western Bypass (a) *
M11 Hackney Wick-Green Man (c)
M11 Green Man-South Woodford (c)
M12 South Woodford-Brentwood (f)
M20 West Kingsdown-Wrotham (b) *
M20 Ashford-Sellindge (b) *
M20 Sellindge-Folkestone (b) *
M20 Maidstone-Ashford (c) *
M23 Mitcham-Hooley (f)
M25 Runnymede Bridge (a) *
M25 Sevenoaks Interchange (a) *
M25 A13-A12 (a) *
M25 Egham-Yeoveney (b) *
M25 Thorpe-Chertsey (b) *
M25 Wisley-Reigate (b) *
M25 Chertsey-Wisley (b) *
M25 M11-A12 (b) *
M25 A10-M11 (b) *
M25 Yeoveney-Airport Spur (b)
M25 Swanley-Sevenoaks (b) *
M25 Airport Spur-M4 (c)
M25 Micklefleld Green-South Mimms (c) *
M25 M4-Denham (c) *
M25 Denham-Maple Cross (c) *
M25 Dunton Green-Wrotham (a) *
M27 Chilworth-Hedge End (b) *
M27 Havant-Chichester Bypass (c) *
M40 Oxford-Birmingham (Banbury Section) (c) *
M40 Oxford-Birmingham (Warwick Section) (c) *
M40 Waterstock-Banbury (d) *
M42 Tamworth-Water Orton (b) *
M42 Bromsgrove, Umberslade (b) *
M42 Bromsgrove, Alvechurch (b) *
M42 Tamworth-Kingsbury contract (b) *
M42 Tamworth-Polesworth contract (b) *
M42 Bromsgrove, Catshill (b) *
M42 Bromsgrove, Lydiate Ash (b) *
M42 Castle Donnington (f) *
M54 Telford-M6 (b) *
M56 Hapsford-Stoak (b) *
M56 Stoak-Interchange (b) *
M56 Stoak-Powey Lane (b) *
M58 Aintree-Skelmersdale (b) *
M63 Stockport East/West Bypass (b) *
M65 Hyndburn-Huncoat Junction (b) *
M65 Huncoat Junction-Burnley (b) *
M65 Whitebirk-Hyndburn (b) *
M66 Manchester Outer Orbital Denton-Middleton (d) *
M67 Denton Relief Road (b) *
M63/66 Manchester Outer Orbital Portwood-Denton (c) *
A1 Redhouse Junction (b) *
A1 Darrington Junction (b) *
A1 Felton Bypass (b) *
A1 Barnsdale Bar Flyover (c) *
A1 Archway Road Improvement (c)
A1 Alnwick Bypass (c) *
A1 Belford Bypass (c) *
A1 Berwick Bypass (c) *
A1 Catterick Junctions (c) *
A1 Clifton-Stannington Bridge (d) *
A1 Skellow Cross Roads Flyover (f) *
A1 Junction North of Wetherby (f) *
A1 Baldersby Junction (f) *
A1 Gosforth High Street Diversion (f)

Scheme Estimated start On 4,500-mile network
A1(M) Roestock-Stanborough (c) *
A2 Canterbury Bypass (b) *
A3 Burpham-Ladymead Diversion (b) *
A3 Horndean-Petersfield (d) *
A3 Milford Bypass (f) *
A3 Guildford-Petersfield (f) *
A4 Batheaston Bypass (f) *
A4 Saltford Bypass (f)
A5 Milton Keynes Diversion (b)
A5 Brownhills Junction (c) *
A5 Telford-Shrewsbury (c) *
A5 Shrewsbury-Chirk (c) *
A6 Burton Latimer-Rushden (f)
A6 Great Glen Bypass (b)
A6 Elstow Bypass (b)
A6 Chapel-en-le-Frith Bypass (b)
A6 Levens Bridge Diversion (c) *
A6 Silsoe Bypass (c)
A6 Barton Bypass (d)
A6 Matlock Town Centre (d)
A6(M) Stockport North/South Bypass (c)
A10 Southery-South Runcton (b) *
A10 Ely/Littleport Bypass (c) *
A10 Buntingford Bypass (c)
A10 Melbourn Bypass (c)
A10 Foxton Level Crossing (d)
A11 Attleborough Bypass (c) *
A11 Stump Cross-Newmarket (c) *
A11 Newmarket-Cringleford (c) *
A12 Havering-Gallows Corner (c)
A12 Chelmsford Bypass (c) *
A12 Kesgrave-Martlesham (f)
A13 Mar Dyke-East of Grays (b) *
A13 Lodge Lane Improvement (b)
A13 Wennington-Mar Dyke (b)
A13 Newham-Newham Way Flyover (b)
A13 Dovers Corner to GLC Boundary (c)
A16 Kirton Bypass (b) *
A16 Spalding-Gosberton (c) *
A16 Stamford to Grimsby (d) *
A16 Louth Bypass (d) *
A17 Leadenham Bypass (b) *
A17 Heckington Bypass (b) *
A17 Swineshead Bypass (b) *
A17 New Washway Road (b) *
A17 Newark to Swineshead (c) *
A17 West of Kings Lynn to County Boundary (c) *
A17 Cross Keys-Bicker Bar (c) *
A18 Ulceby-Grimsby (b) *
A18 Brigg-Ulceby (b) *
A19 Billingham Diversion (b) *
A19 Riccall and Barlby Bypass (f)
A20 Bexley, Sidcup Bypass (c)
A20 Folkestone-Dover (c) *
A23 Bolney-Brighton (c) *
A27 Falmer Diversion (b) *
A27 Lewes, South Street Bypass (b) *
A27 Polegate-Pevensey (c) *
A27 Brighton Bypass (c) *
A27 Fontwell Improvement (d) *
A27 Tortington Improvement (d) *
A27 Crossbush Diversion (d) *
A27 Westhampnett Diversion (d) *
A30 Okehampton Bypass (b) *
A30 Billet Bridge-Avondale Road (b)
A30 Polstrong-St. Erth (c) *
A30 Exeter-Okehampton (c) *
A30 Bodmin-Camborne Bypass (c) *
A30 St. Erth-Chyandour (c) *
A30 Honiton-Marsh (c) *

Scheme Estimated start On 4,500-mile network
A30 Honiton-Exeter (c) *
A30 Lords Waste-Hawks Tor (c) *
A30 Launceston-Bolventor (c) *
A30 Okehampton-Launceston (c) *
A31 Bere Regis Bypass (b) *
A31 Wimborne Bypass (b) *
A31 Ferndown Bypass (c) *
A34 Sandleford Link (a) *
A34 M4-Ashridge Farm (a) *
A34 Popham-Bullington-Kingsworthy (b) *
A34 Grade Separation at Hanford (b)
A34 Newbury-Litchfield (b) *
A34 East Ilsey-Chilton (b) *
A34 Stratford-upon-Avon Bypass (f) *
A35 Dorchester Bypass (b) *
A35 Yellowham Hill-Troy Town (c) *
A35 Honiton Link to A30 (f) *
A35 Winterborne Abbas Bypass (c) *
A35 Bridport Bypass (d) *
A35 Wilmington Bypass (d) *
A35 Axminster Bypass (d) *
A35 Charmouth Bypass (d) *
A35 Chideock/Morecombelake Bypass (d) *
A35 Tolpuddle/Puddletown Bypass (d) *
A36 Warminster Bypass (d) *
A38 Trethawle Improvement (b) *
A38 Marsh Mills-Manadon (b) *
A38 Manadon-Tamar Bridge (c) *
A38 Saltash-Trerulefoot (d) *
A38 Liskeard-Bodmin (d) *
A38 Alrewas Junction (f) *
A38 Grade Separated Junction at Lichfield Bypass (f) *
A39 Bideford Bypass (b) *
A39 Barnstable Bypass (b) *
A39 Marshgate Diversion (c)
A39 Camelford Bypass (f)
A40 Ealing, Western Avenue-Greenford Road (a)
A40 Ealing, A40-Perivale Lane (b)
A40 Hillingdon-West End Road (b)
A40 Northleach Bypass (b) *
A40 Gloucester North Bypass (b) *
A40 Witney Bypass-Northleach Bypass (c) *
A40 Northleach Bypass-Gloucester (c) *
A40 Witney-North of Oxford (c) *
A40 Ealing, Western Circus (f)
A40 Ealing, Gipsy Corner (f)
A41 The Hinstock Bypass (b) *
A41 Berkhamsted Bypass (c)
A41 Kings Langley Bypass (c)
A41 Newport Bypass (c) *
A41 Improvement at Chester (d) *
A41 A405 Berrygrove Junction (f) *
A41 Hartspring-Brockley (f)
A41 Whitchurch Bypass (d) *
A41 Aston Clinton Bypass (f)
A41 Aylesbury Inner Relief Road (f)
A43 Northampton to Stamford Improvement (f) *
A43 Stamford Relief Road (b) *
A43 Broughton Diversion (c) *
A43 Bulwick Diversion (c) *
A43 A43/A6 Kettering Bypass (c) *
A45 Rougham to Woolpit (a) *
A45 Bickenhill Junction (a)
A45 Levington-A1093 (e) *
A45 Ipswich Bypass (e) *
A45 Grade Separation at Leamington Turn (e) *
A45 St. Neots Bypass (f)
A45 Bury-Rougham (f) *
A45 Haughley-Stowmarket (f) *

Scheme Estimated start On 4,500-mile network
A46 Hykeham-Lincoln Improvement (f) *
A46 Painswick Bypass (f)
A46 Newark Relief Road (f) *
A46 Batheaston Bypass Stage 2 (f) *
A46 Newark to Hykeham (f) *
A47 Uppingham Bypass (b) *
A47 Swaffham Bypass (b) *
A47 Guyhirn Diversion (b) *
A47 Peterborough Soke Parkway (b) *
A47 Acle Bypass (b) *
A47 Peterborough Castor Parkway (c) *
A47 Blofield Bypass (c) *
A47 Kings Lynn-East Dereham (c) *
A47 Wisbech Bypass (e) *
A47 M69/A47 Spur (d) *
A47 Hockering to Easton (e) *
A47 Dereham to Hockering (d) *
A47 Kings Lynn-Peterborough (f) *
A47 Billesdon Bypass (d) *
A49 Ludlow Bypass (a) *
A49 Leominster Bypass (b) *
A49 Brimfield Bypass (b) *
A49 Hunger Hill and Dorrington Improvement (b) *
A49 Tarporley Bypass (c)
A49 Ashton Bypass (c) *
A49 Shrewsbury to Whitchurch (c)
A49 Hereford to Shrewsbury (f) *
A50 Stoke-Derby Link (c) *
A51 Chester-Tarvin (c) *
A52 Borrowash Bypass Extension (f) *
A52 A614/A52 Junction Improvement (b) *
A52 Barthomley Link to M6 (c)
A54 Kelsall Bypass (b) *
A56 Haslington Bypass (b) *
A56 Accrington East Bypass (b) *
A57 Worksop South Bypass (c) *
A57 Aston Bypass (c)
A59 Bickerstaff-Bretherton 1 (c) *
A59 East and West Marton Diversion (c)
A59 Commercial Hotel to Crooks House (f)
A59 Stoop Hill Plantation (f)
A59 Mellor Brook-Whalley (f)
A59 Liverpool-Preston Improvement Bickerstaff-Bretherton 2 (f) *
A59 Liverpool-Preston Improvement Bretherton-Hutton (f) *
A59 Liverpool-Preston Improvement Preston South Bypass (f) *
A61 Chesterfield IRR 2 and 3 (b)
A61 Sheffield-Crown Inn (f)
A63 South Docks Road-Hull (c) *
A63 Howden West Link (c)
A63 Selby Northern Bypass (d)
A64 Malton Bypass (a) *
A64 Leeds to Bramham Stage 1 (b)
A64 Scarborough-Staxton (c) *
A64 Leeds to Bramham Stage 2 (c)
A64 Scagglethorpe Diversion (c) *
A64 Scagglethorpe to Staxton (e) *
A64 West of Malton Bypass (c) *
A65 Rawlinshaw to Harden Bridge (c) *
A65 Ilkley Bypass (c)
A65 Hellifield Improvement (c) *
A65 Skipton-Gargrave Improvement (c) *
A65 Addingham Bypass (d)
A65 Draughton and Chelker Diversion (e)
A65 Settle and Giggleswick Bypass (d) *
A65 Coniston Cold to Hellifield (f) *
A66 Palliard Bridge to County Boundary (a) *
A66 Bowes Bypass (b) *
A66 Stockton-Thornaby (b) *
A66 Appleby Bypass (b)*
A66 Troutbeck Diversion (b) *
A66 Temple Sowerby-Whinfell House (d) *
A66 Kirk by Thore-Crackenthorpe (d) *
A66 Stainburn Road Diversion (e) *

Scheme Estimated start On 4,500-mile network
A66 Workington Bridge-Northside (e) *
A66 Clifton Bypass (e) *
A66 Bowes Bypass-County Boundary (d) *
A66 Scotch Corner to Greta Bridge (e) *
A69 Rosehill to Plains Road (c) *
A69 Greenhead Improvement (b) *
A69 Bardon Mill Bypass (c) *
A69 Brampton Bypass (d) *
A69 Warwick Bridge Bypass (d) *
A69 Haltwhistle Bypass (d) *
A69 Haydon Bridge Bypass (d) *
A127 Rayleigh Weir (c) *
A127 Havering GLC Boundary-Moor Lane (f) *
A127 GLC Boundary to Southend (f) *
A133 Colchester Eastern (b) *
A168 Dishforth Bypass to A1 (c) *
A259 Bexhill Old Town Bypass (a) *
A303 Furze Hedge Improvement (b) *
A303 Andover-Amesbury (b) *
A303 Charnage to Mere (c) *
A303 Chicklade Bypass (c) *
A303 Mere-Wincanton (c) *
A303 Ilchester-South Petherton (c) *
A303 South Petherton-Ilminster (c) *
A303 Ilminster-Broadway (c) *
A303 Winterbourne Stoke Bypass (c) *
A303 Compton Pauncefoot-Ilchester (d) *
A303 Broadway-Marsh (d) *
A339 Kingsclere Diversion (d)
A339 Basingstoke Northern Bypass (f)
A361 North Devon Link, M5-Tiverton (b) *
A361 North Devon Link, Tiverton-Barnstaple (d) *
A405 London Colney to Colney Heath (a) *
A405 Humming Bird-Park Street (a) *
A406 Ealing, Hanger Lane Gyratory (a)
A406 Falloden Way, Finchley High Road (c)
A406 Golders Green Flyover (c)
A406 Great Cambridge Road (A10) (c)
A406 Regents Park Road Junction (c)
A406 Popes Lane-Western Avenue (c)
A406 Hanger Lane-North of Harrow Road (c)
A406 East Dysons Road-Hall Lane (f)
A406 West of Chingford Road-Hale End Road (f)
A406 East Silver Street-East A1010 (f)
A406 Bounds Green Road (f)
A406 South Woodford-Barking Relief Road (e)
A406 A406, Wilmer Way (f)
A406 A406, Green Lanes (f)
A417 Birdlip Bypass (c) *
A417 Barnwood Bypass to Brockworth (f) *
A417 Stratton Bypass (f) *
A422 Alcester-Warwick (f)
A423 Maidenhead Thickets-Burchetts Green (b)
A423 Southam Bypass (c)
A428 Little Houghton Bypass (b)
A446 Curdworth Bridges (b)
A449 Kidderminster Eastern Bypass (d) *
A465 Llangua Bypass (f) *
A483 Chester Southern Bypass-Welsh Border (c) *
A483 A5 South to Wales (f) *
A523 Macclesfield Inner Relief Road (c)
A523 Improvement between Macclesfield and Hazel Grove (f)
A590 Arrad Foot Diversion (a) *
A590 Greenodd Diversion (b) *
A590 Diversion Diversion Stage 3 (b) *
A590 Meathop to Sampool Bridge (b) *
A590 Diversion High Newton (c) *
A590 Improvement East of Newby Bridge (c) *
A590 Dalton in Furness Bypass (f) *
A595 Thursby to Carlisle (d)
A603 Grade Separation at Sandy (f) *
A604 Bar Hill-Godmanchester (b) *

Scheme Estimated start On 4,500-mile network
A616 Manchester-Sheffield (d) *
A629 Skipton Bypasses (b) *
A629 Bradford-Skipton Stage 3 (c) *
A646 Mytholmroyd-Luddenden Foot (f)
A646 Todmqrden-Hebden Bridge (f)
A650 Drighlington Bypass (c) *
A650 Bradford-Skipton Stage 1 (d) *
A650 Bradford-Skipton Stage 2 (d) *
A657 Shipley-Thackley-Leeds (d) *
A660 Otley Bypass (c)
A696 Kenton-Ponteland (c) *
A696 Otterburn Bypass (c) *
A696 Ponteland Bypass (d) *
A696 Belsay Bypass (d) *
A1079 Beverley Bypass (b)
A1079 Market Weighton Bypass (c) *
A4235 Dorchester Bypass (c)
A5111 Ashbourne Road-Allestree Improvement (b) *
A5111 Victory Road-Sinfin Lane (c) *
M1 A1 Link (c) *
Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 1 (c) *
Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 2 (c) *
Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 3a (d) *
Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 3b (d) *
Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 4a (e) *
Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 4b (e) *
Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 5 (c) *
Ringway 3 A312-M3 (Sunbury) (f)

Footnote:

The possible start date of schemes depends on many factors including engineering design, statutory procedures, and availability of resources. Any start dates given must therefore be taken as subject to change. They will be advanced wherever circumstances permit.

They are quoted in bands:

  1. (a) 1977;
  2. (b) 1978 and 1979;
  3. (c) 1980–82;
  4. (d) 1983–85;
  5. (e) After 1985;
  6. (f) No start date determined.

The schemes on roads included in the 4,500-mile strategic network are marked *.