HC Deb 21 July 1986 vol 102 c27W
Sir Raymond Gower

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the extent and the planned cost of new motorway and trunk road construction to be undertaken in Wales during the next five years.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Planned expenditure for new construction and improvement of motorway and trunk roads in 1986–87 is £83.24 million. We have not yet made any decision for subsequent years on the distribution of block public expenditure resources. As indicated in tables 3 and 4 of "Roads in Wales 1985" it is hoped to start work on some 87 miles of new motorway and trunk roads by December 1990.