§ Mr. Whitlockasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many local authority bypasses were started in 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82; and how many are projected to start in 1982–83.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe number of bypasses and relief roads costing over £1 million which have been started by county councils in each of the last three years is as follows:
Number 1979–80 23 1980–81 16 1981–82 19 As a result of the 1982–83 transport supplementary grant settlement, county councils should be able to incur expenditure in 1982–83 on 35 new schemes of this kind.