§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of motorway are currently(a) open, (b) under construction and (c) planned in England either (i) as completely new motorway, or (ii) as existing motorway being widened; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ChopeThere are 1,650 miles of existing motorway in England, and four miles are under construction. The trunk road programme includes proposals to provide a further 58 miles of new motorway. We have also announced our intention to upgrade about 180 miles of the Al to motorway between the M25 and Tyneside.
Scheme title Winning contractor Award value (£ Million) Month awarded Al Gatenby Lane Junction Improvement John Mowlem Construction Plc 2.66 April A3 Liphook (Milford) Bypass Constain Civil Engineering Ltd. 7.89 October A5 Little Brickhill Bypass Galliford (UK) Ltd. 5.84 June A11 Red Lodge to Newmarket Bypass Kier Construction Ltd. 4.08 November A20 Court Wood to Dover Contract 3 Norwest Hoist Construction Ltd. 21.68 May A23 Warninglid Flyover—Sayers Com. Con 1 Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. 15.69 October A30 Okehampton—Launceston Tarmac Construction Ltd. 26.81 September A39 Wadebridge Bypass Balfour Beatty Ltd. 8.30 September A40 Western Avenue Improvement, Hillingdon Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd. 17.19 April A41 Kings Langley Bypass AF Budge (Contractors) Ltd. 19.97 June A47 East Dereham to North Tuddenham Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd. 6.90 June A47 Narborough Bypass, Kings Lynn May Gurney & Co. Ltd. 2.24 August A421 Wendlebury to Bicester Dualling Amey Construction Ltd. 3.90 September A423 Southan Bypass Midland Oak Construction Ltd. 2.22 June A453 Ratcliffe on Soar power station access Monk Construction Ltd. 1.16 August A590 Dalton-in-Furness Bypass, Cumbria Miller Construction Ltd. 7.91 November A595 Egremont Bypass, Cumbria Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd. 6.67 July A596 Wigton Bypass, Cumbria Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd. 4.05 July Ml-Al Link Road Contract 2, West of Naseby Tarmac Construction Ltd. 19.22 November M1-A1 Link Road Contract 3, East of Naseby Tarmac Construction Ltd. 18.29 November Ml-Al Link Road Contract 5, North Kettering Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd. 3.75 November Ml-Al Link Road Contract 8 Henry Boot Southern Ltd. 7.04 July Ml-Al Link Road Contract 9 Tarmac Construction Ltd. 16.36 October M5 Widening between junctions 6 and 8 John Laing Construction Ltd. 59.37 June M6 Widening junctions 20/21A Advance bridgeworks Edmund Nuttall Ltd. 1.81 April M6/M61 cabling for CCTV Birse Construction Ltd. 1.85 April M20 Widening junctions 5 to 8 (Maidstone) Balfour Beatty Ltd. 68.80 July M25 Clackett Lane Service Area Slip Roads Birse Construction Ltd. 3.89 November M25 provision of signs mark 2 Birse Construction Ltd. 1.59 April M42/M40 provision and installation of CCTV CMR Electronics Ltd. 2.14 April M42/M40 Warwicks, control area upgrading Pirelli Construction Ltd. 2.03 April M62 Widening between junctions 17 and 18 Balfour Beatty Ltd. 3.75 April 108W
The following contracts are expected to be let before April 1992 Location Estimate £ million A11 Thetford Design and Build 3.70 A11 Four Wentways to Newmarket 16.25 A16 Ludborough Bypass 2.50 A16 Stickford Bypass 1.80 A20 Folkestone to Court Wood Contract 2 15.00 A27 Westhampnett Bypass 10.00 A27 Cross Bush, Arundel 3.35 A33 (M3 advance works) Hockley Junction 1.80 A41 Berkhamsted Bypass Contract 4B 25.80 A339 Basingstoke Northern Bypass Stage 3 9.90 A420 Kingston Bagpuize Bypass 5.60 Over 20 miles of existing motorway are currently being widened, and the programme includes proposals to widen a further 605 miles.
The emphasis of the national road programme is on relieving congestion on the broad routes followed by the present motorways which have by far the heaviest traffic flows and are the backbone of Britain's road system.