Trunk Roads (Design Work) (Hansard, 25 July 1983)

§ Mrs. Chalker

The design work on the 15 larger trunk road schemes which were added to the programme has now been offered to consulting engineers in the private sector, while work on two schemes has been offered to county councils on an agency basis. Details are attached. The construction cost of these schemes is estimated at £265 million out of the total of £330 million for all the new schemes. During the recess I hope to announce the allocation of the 25 smaller schemes which were also added to the programme.

SCHEME AND DESIGN AGENCY

Northern Region A69 Improved Tyne crossing at Scotswood—Bullen and Partners. A69 Eighton Lodge junction improvement—Mott Hay and Anderson.

Yorkshire and Humberside Region A64 Copmanthorpe grade separated junction — North Yorkshire county council.

North Western Region A590 Dalton-in-Furness bypass—Babtie Shaw and Morton.

East Midlands Region A6 Kegworth bypass — Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners. A46 Leicester western bypass—R. Travers Morgan and Partners. A52/A6005 Nottingham Outer ring road, Abbey Street, replacement flyover--Trevor Crocker and Partners. A453 Nottingham, Clifton Lane improvement — John Burrow and Partners.

Eastern Region A428 Bedford bypass—Brian Colquhoun and Partners.

South Eastern Region M20 Maidstone-Ashford—W. S. Atkins and Partners. 294W A2 London boundary-M2, provision of hard shoulders—Kent county council. A3 revised scheme for trunk road improvements through Hindhead—L. G. Mouchel and Partners.

South Western Region A30 Honiton-Exeter revised improvement—Freeman Fox and Partners. A30/A303 Honiton-Marsh improvement — Rendel Palmer and Tritton.

Greater London A406 North circular road, Bounds Green road, grade separated junction—G. Maunsell and Partners. A406 North circular road, Wilmer Way, grade separated junction—G. Maunsell and Partners. A406 North circular road, Green Lanes, grade separated junction—G. Maunsell and Partners.