§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the completion date of (a) the Ruabon by pass and (b) the Conwy tunnel scheme.
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§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe contractor has indicated that he expects substantially to complete work on the Ruabon bypass by 22 May 1987, but that date is dependent on reasonable weather conditions in the intervening period.
Subject to no unforeseen difficulties, I expect the scheme for the A55 Conwy crossing to be completed in early 1991.
£ million 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Total Clwyd 4.6 4.5 1.3 2.9 3.4 2.6 1.1 20.4 Dyfed 7.3 8.0 3.2 2.8 2.2 2.7 2.7 28.9 Gwent 4.8 8.5 10.4 9.0 7.9 3.1 2.5 46.2 Gwynedd 5.5 4.8 1.3 1.9 3.0 3.5 0.4 20.4 Mid Glamorgan 6.3 3.5 3.7 4.1 6.4 3.9 2.9 30.8 Powys 6.2 5.5 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.1 15.4 South Glamorgan 11.1 8.6 7.0 6.4 4.2 6.7 5.8 49.8 West Glamorgan 2.0 1.4 2.0 2.7 2.9 3.7 4.0 18.7 Total 47.8 44.8 30.0 31.0 31.0 26.5 19.5 230.6 Notes:
- (1) Since 1982–83 TSG has been paid on capital expenditure only. Grant in respect of current expenditure was subsumed in the rate support grant.
- (2) Since 1985–86 TSG has been paid only on schemes costing £5 million or more; other capital expenditure on transport and highways is covered by formula capital allocation.