Road Building

HC Deb 17 April 1989 vol 151 cc2-3W

Mr. Rathbone

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the cost of the national road building programme in East Sussex for 1988–89 and for 1989–90.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Expenditure on national trunk road programme schemes in East Sussex is as follows:

1988–89	4.2
1989–90	121.0
1 (estimated).

Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on progress of the current road building programme in the north west.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Five major motorway and trunk road construction contracts are currently under way. The total works value is around £80 million. Work continues on other improvements and maintenance of the network.

Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to announce early conditional acceptance in the Cleveland TPP bid of the Stockton south spine road; and when commencement of the project will occur.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

All local highway authorities have been invited to submit bids by 31 July for transport supplementary grant for 1990–91. Decisions on the allocation of resources will be announced later in the year. The programme for construction of this scheme is a matter for Cleveland county council.