§ Mr. Ronald Atkinsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give an up-to-date estimate of the cost of outstanding highway schemes in the North West Region, stating the mileage and
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Estimated start Mileage Estimated cost (at November 1976 prices)£ million A6M Stockport North/South bypass … … … … c 6.5 22.0 A41 Improvement at Chester … … … … d 3.0 4.0 A49 Tarporley bypass … … … … c 1.7 0.5 A51 Chester-Tarvin … … … … c 3.7 2.0 A52 Barthomley link to M6 … … … … c 4.0 3.0 A54 Kelsall bypass … … … … b 2.1 3.0 A56 Haslingden bypass … … … … b 2.5 7.5 A56 Accrington E bypass … … … … b 4.1 11.0 A59 Mellor Brook-Whalley … … … … f 7.4 8.0 A59 Bickerstaffe-Bretherton stage 1 … … … … c 14.1 16.5 A59 Bickerstaffe-Bretherton stage 2 … … … … f 14.5 A59 Bretherton-Hutton … … … … f 3.7 6.0 A59 Commercial Hotel-Crooks House … … … … f 2.4 1.5 A59 Preston Southern bypass … … … … f 4.8 24.0 A59 Stoop Hill Plantation … … … … f 1.5 0.5 M56 Hapsford-Stoak … … … … b 2.6 6.0 M56 Stoak interchange … … … … b 2.1 4.5 M56 Stoak-Powey Lane … … … … b 1.4 3.5 M58 Aintree-Skelmersdale … … … … b 8.0 26.0 M58 Skelmersdale-M6 … … … … u 3.4 2.0 M63 Stockport east-west bypass … … … … b 2.4 15.0 M63/66 Manchester outer orbital, Portwood-Denton … … c 3.7 24.5 M65 M6/M1-Whitebirk … … … … b 10.2 32.0 M65 Whitebirk-Hyndburn … … … … b 2.1 9.0 M65 Hyndburn-Huncoat Junction … … … … b 2.9 9.5 M65 Huncoat Junction-Burnley … … … … b 2.5 9.5 M66 Bury Easterly bypass (Northern section) … … … u 5.8 18.5 M66 Manchester outer orbital, Denton-Middleton … … d 9.4 57.0 M67 Hyde bypass … … … … u 3.2 16.0 M67 Denton relief road … … … … b 1.3 11.5 A483 Chester southern bypass-Welsh Border … … … c 2.4 3.5 A523 Macclesfield inner relief road … … … … c 1.1 5.5 A523 Improvement between Macclesfield and Hazel Grove … f 7.9 12.0 A580 Grade Separation at Irlam … … … … u 0.7 9.0 A590 Dalton in Furness bypass … … … … c 2.2 6.0 A590 Diversion High Newton … … … … c 2.4 3.0 A590 Meathop-Sampool Bridge … … … … b 3.8 5.0 A590 Ulverston diversion stage 3 … … … … b 0.6 0.5 A590 Greenodd diversion … … … … b 0.6 2.0 A590 Arrad Foot diversion … … … … a 0.9 1.0 A590 Improvement east of Newby Bridge … … … c 1.0 1.0 A628 Improvement and bypasses east and west of National Park(formerly A616 Manchester-Sheffield) … … … d Not yet determined Not yet determined A5117/A550 Junction improvement … … … … f Nil 2–0 Start dates are quoted in bands: (a) 1977. (b) 1978 and 1979. (c) 1980–82. (d) 1983–85. (e) after 1985. (f) no start date determined. (u) under construction. cost of each scheme and a detailed expenditure programme over the next 10 years.
§ Mr. William RodgersTrunk road schemes in the North-West are listed in the attached table. The phasing of expenditure depends on many factors and cannot be predicted accurately. The table indicates the expected start date of schemes; most will be built with 2-year contracts.