§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the latest position in respect of the construction of trunk road schemes (a) in the North-West Region, (b) in Cheshire, and (c) in the area covered by the Macclesfield constituency.
§ Mr. HoramThe following schemes are under construction in the North-West Region
M67 Hyde bypass, andM66 Bury easterly bypass—north section—and tenders have been accepted for the construction of the M46 Hapsford to east of Stoak, M56 Stoak interchange and M58 Aintree to Skelmersdale. Tenders are expected to be invited soon for the M56 west of Stock to Powey Lane and the M67 Denton relief road.Only the M56 schemes are in Cheshire and none is in the Macclesfield constituency.
All other trunk road schemes in the North-West Region are currently under review in the light of the White Paper on 853W transport policy and the Leitch Committee report.