§ Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list details of the grant and capital allocations for highway schemes for the years 1985–86 and 1986–87 in the Greater Manchester council area; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe capital allocation for roads and car parks in 1985–86 is £21 million and in 1986–87 is £30.54 million.
These include the highway schemes supported by transport supplementary grant in the Greater Manchester council area, which are as follows:
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Accepted Expenditure £000 1985–86 1986–87 Urban Traffic Control 883 349 Central Manchester Stage 3 14 1 A5103 Princess Road Improvement, Moss Side 442 289 Leigh-Atherton Bypass 4,820 1,018 Ringway Road Diversion 450 17 Wigan Inner Ring Road 2,000 3,344 A57 Hyde Town Centre Bypass 1,151 719 Carrington Spur 288 3,093 Manchester/Salford Inner Ring Road (Blackfriars Road-Jubilee Street) 692 4,312
Accepted Expenditure £000 1985–86 1986–87 Manchester/Salford Inner Ring Road East (Redhill Street-Fairfield Street) — 3,000 A6053 Water Street Improvement, Radcliffe — 970 Manchester/Salford Inner Ring Road (Blackfriars Road-Gore Street) — 700 Southern Link Road, Stockport — 550 A626 Diversion, Stockport — 3,000 Minor Works 1,840 2,500 Total accepted expenditure 12,580 23,862 Transport Supplementary Grant 6,290 11,931 Expenditure accepted for TSG in 1986–87 is nearly 90 per cent. more than in 1985–86.