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The projects supported by the European investment bank and the levels of financial support in 1987, 1988 and 1989 are given in the table. To go back to earlier years would involve disproportionate cost.
|
Amount of loan £ million |
| Development of Arborathoil field |
50 |
| Construction of municipal waste recycling plant at Hastings |
0.700 |
| Reduction of traffic congestion in Plymouth |
8 |
| Construction of approach road to Ramsgate Harbour and inner Chatham ring road |
3 |
| Construction of A120 by pass |
4 |
| Upgrading of five roads in Powys |
1.2 |
| Improvement of traffic conditions on three of main Swansea approach roads |
2.5 |
| Improvement to approach and landing systems at several airports |
5 |
| Construction of second terminal at Gatwick |
150 |
| Construction of airport in London Docklands |
4 |
| Construction of new passenger terminal at Norwich airport |
2.6 |
| Improvement to water supply and sewerage schemes in Edinburgh area |
8 |
| Sewerage schemes in Mersey area |
20+18 |
| Improvements to drinking water supply network and reduction of river and coastal pollution in Wales |
8 |
| Construction of Roadford Storage reservoir in Devon |
10 |
| Land drainage and sewerage system in Birmingham area, River Tame flood protection |
20 |
| Water supply and sewerage schemes in Humberside, East Anglia, East Midlands and South East England |
45+20 |
| Water supply and sewerage schemes in York, Bradford and Sheffield areas |
10+20+20 |
| Improvements to sewerage works in East Lothian |
5 |
| Sewerage works in coastal areas of North East England |
10.5 |
| Sewerage works in coastal areas in South West England |
11 |
| South Cardiff: construction of access road to city centre development of industrial estate |
6+5+6.5 |
| Industrial development schemes in Lancashire |
1 |
| Road schemes, water supply networks and sewerage facilities in Tayside |
5 |
| Development of three industrial areas, construction of tourism and exhibition centre, development of marina and runway at airport near Plymouth |
6.3 |
| Road, water supply, sewerage, drainage schemes and improvements to an agricultural college in Dumfries and Galloway |
4 |
| Development of six industrial estates, improvements to Coventry Technical College, Museum of Transport and road schemes to reduce traffic congestion |
5 |
| Road, water supply, sewerage schemes in Dunfermline and Kirkaldy |
5 |
| Road, water supply and sewerage schemes in Strathclyde |
13 |
| Improvements to roads and sewerage plant in Durham |
3.3 |
| Expansion of industrial estate in Rossendale, North West England |
0.100 |
| Road schemes, new ferries, improvements to industrial sites and water supply and sewerage schemes in the Shetlands |
10 |
| Infrastructure work in Newcastle |
11.5 |
| Construction of Bridge over Loughor River and of western approach road, new building's at Haverford West Technical College |
2.5 |
| Development of road network, industrial and business infrastructure/waste disposal sites in North Cheshire |
10 |
| Expansion of industrial estate in County Durham Road schemes, enlargement of Technical College, energy conservation schemes in Staffordshire |
2 |
| Construction of relief road, factory buildings, enlargement of Polytechnic and removal of asbestos from public buildings in Manchester |
5 |
| Road schemes, industrial estates and coastal protection works in Lancashire |
2 |
|
Amount of loan £ million |
| Construction of M65 Calder Valley motorway section, science park, college buildings; and conversation of quarry |
3 |
| Improvement of industrial sites, construction and improvement of factory buildings in oldham |
4 |
| Motorway and road development, pedestrianisation schemes, Manchester |
5 |
| Modernisation of alumium plants in North West England, the Midlands and Wales |
20 |
| Installation of new computerised management system in retail chain |
1.4 |
| Improvements to paperpulp recycling plant and construction of clinical Waste incinerator in Manchester |
1 |
| Electrification of Glasgow/Ayr railway line and purchase of rolling stock |
10 |
| Total of loans signed in the United Kingdom in 1987 |
£801.3 |
| 1988 |
| PROJECT |
| Nuclear fuel processing facilities, Sellafield |
190 |
| Municipal waste recycling plant in Hastings |
1 |
| Construction of Channel tunnel |
70 |
| Improvements to port installations, Plymouth, Southampton, Hull, Immingham, Grimsby, Barry and Ayr |
16 |
| Approach and landing systems at several airports |
18 |
| Second passenger terminal at Stansted airport |
100 |
| Development of telecommunications, Scotland |
200 |
| Water supply, sewerage, road schemes in the Grampians |
10 |
| Modernisation of production facilities and factory, Gateshead |
3.3 |
| Modernisation and extension of aircraft engine overhaul facilities at Nantgarw |
7.3 |
| Design and construction of wings for Airbus A-320 at various plants in England |
50 |
| Facilities for overhaul of jet engines and components in Prestwick |
11 |
| Construction of textile mill in Bradford and modernisation of dyeing and finishing plant in Huddersfield |
2 |
| Polysterene production plant in Manchester |
3 |
| Construction of hotel in Birmingham |
17 |
| Trusthouse Forte: Construction of metals |
5 |
| Construction of new computer centre, Manchester |
1.5 |
| Global loans. Barclays Bank Investors in Industry Group plc |
10 |
| (to on lend to small and medium sized enterprises in the UK) |
10 |
| Lending under the New Community Instrument to small and medium sized enterprises |
| Intermediary |
| Barclays Bank plc |
30 |
| Investors in Industry Group |
35 |
| Total of loans signed in the United Kingdom in 1988 |
£790.1 |
| 1989 |
| PROJECT |
| British Aerospace A320B |
100 |
| Stag Furniture Factory |
1.85 |
| Fownes Hotel Solihull |
5 |
| Ravenspurn North Gas Field A |
15 |
| Ravenspurn North Gas Field B |
50 |
| Ravenspurn North Gas Field C |
30 |
| Trade Centre Cardiff |
12 |
| Trusthouse Forte Motels |
7 |
| East Sussex Fuel Plant |
0.50 |
| Trusthouse Forte II |
3.80 |
| Hurtsman Chemicals Manchester |
2 |
| National Computing Centre |
0.70 |
| Hall UK Projects |
5.7 |
| Irvine PaperMill |
50 |
| Slaley Hall Hexham |
3 |
| Eurotunnel |
25+50 |
| BAA Stansted |
100 |