§ Mr. StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the planned construction dates of all sections of motorway in England that are in his Department's forward programme where construction has not yet commenced.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyMotorway schemes which have yet to start construction are as follows:
Planned start of construction in 1988–89
- M20 Maidstone-Ashford (It is hoped to let the first contract by the end of 1988).
Planned Start of Construction in 1989–90
- M3 Compton-Basset widening
- M40 Waterstock-Wendlebury
- M40 Widening between junctions 4 and 5
- M1 Widening between junctions 23a and 24 (part of Castle Donington North scheme)
Planned start of construction in 1990–91
- M1 Climbing lane at junction 9
- M5 Widening between junctions 6 and 8
- M62 Widening between junctions 12 and 18
Planned start of construction from 1991 onwards
- M1 Junction 34 Meadowhall/Tinsley roundabout improvement1
- M2 Widening between junctions 1 and 3
- M3 Bar End-Compton widening
- M3 Widening eastbound carriageway between junctions 2 and 3
- M4 Junction 4 improvement
- M4 Widening between M25 interchange and junction 8/9
- M4 Free flow link at junction 8/9
- M6 Widening between junctions 20 and 21a
- M6 Widening between junctions 30 and 31
- M6 Improvements between junctions 31 and 32
- M11 North facing slip roads at junction 5
- M18 Junction with B6094 Cockhill Lane
- M20 Widening between junctions 5 and 8 (Maidstone bypass)
767 - M66 Denton-Middleton
- M1 Junction 1 improvement
- A6(M) Stockport North-South bypass
- A74 Carlisle-Scottish border
- A446(M) Birmingham Northern relief road
- A449 Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Wolverhampton bypass (Western Orbital Route)—standard not yet decided but may be built as motorway
- M65-M6 Blackburn Southern bypass
Scheme timings are based on latest planning information and may be subject to change. They are also subject to the outcome of statutory procedures.
1 Privately funded.