§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the schemes in preparation for the upgrading of the A1 to motorway, indicating in each case the position reached and the future timetable.
§ Mr. ChopeListed in the table are details of all the schemes along the A1 which are either under construction or in preparation. Work is in hand to determine the scope and timing of further schemes to upgrade the remaining stretches of the route to motorway standard between London (junction with the M25) and Tyneside.
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A1 schemes under construction Next key preparation stage and target date Branham-Wetherby improvements, Leeds MB Completion date 1992 Dishforth-Leeming improvements phase 1 (Gatenby land junction), North Yorkshire Completion December 1991 Al schemes in preparation Leeming-Scotch Corner improvements North Yorkshire Order publication autumn 1993 Dishforth-Leeming improvements phase 2, North Yorkshire Order publication autumn 1993 Wetherby-Walshford improvements North Yorkshire Order publication early 1993 Walshford-Dishforth improvements North Yorkshire Public inquiry spring 1992 Hook Moor-Bramham improvements Leeds MB, North Yorkshire Order publication Spring 1992 Ferrybridge-Hook Moor Wakefield MB, Leeds MB, North Preferred route announcement Autumn 1992 Yorkshire Redhouse-Ferrybridge Conversion to motorway, Doncaster MB, Wakefield MB, North Yorkshire Public consultation spring 1992 Peterborough-Stamford improvement Cambridgeshire Preferred route—1993 Alconbury-Peterborough improvement Cambridgeshire Public inquiry—1992 Baldock-Alconbury Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire Preferred route—1993 Tempsford grade separated junction Bedfordshire Preferred route end of 1991 Langford turn grade separated junction, Bedfordshire Preferred route 1993