HC Deb 17 June 1982 vol 25 c341W
Mrs. Shirley Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out for each year from 1974 in constant prices the capital investment on motorway construction in Merseyside.

Mrs. Chalker

For trunk roads—M58 and M62, both of which were completed during the period—the information is as follows:

At 1980–81 Constant Prices
£ million
1974–75 24.2
1975–76 12.4
1976–77 7.3
1977–78 2.6
1978–79 11.5
1979–80 8.6
1980–81 4.2
1981–82 0.1

In addition, the Department paid grant equivalent to a total of £23.3 million in constant prices, to the local highway authority towards the construction of M57 which was completed in 1974. But no comparable information is available about expenditure on motorway construction incurred by Merseyside county council in its capacity as highway authority.