HC Deb 16 May 1978 vol 950 c141W
Mr. Crawford

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of motorway he expects to be open in England and Wales by 1980; what mileage of this will be three-lane; and what mileage will have no hard shoulders.

Mr. William Rodgers

By the end of 1980, it is expected that in England there will be some 1,400 miles of trunk road motorway open to traffic. Of this, 1,050 miles will be dual three-lane with a very small amount of dual four-lane.

Hard shoulders are universally provided except where motorways are on or under structures which would make the cost of provision prohibitive.

Motorways in Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.