§ Mr. DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport which road development schemes in Leicestershire and Rutland his Department has approved for funding in the latest financial year for which his Department has made its decision; and when he expects the Oakham bypass to be approved by his Department within the Leicestershire county council's current list of road scheme priorities.
§ Mr. KeyWork started during the 1993–94 financial year on the A46 Leicester western bypass trunk road scheme at a cost of £36 million.
On local road schemes the total estimated expenditure accepted by the Department in this financial year for transport supplementary grant—TSG—during 1994–95 for Leicestershire, was £2,514,0001 including adjustment for underspend in previous years. Major schemes receiving continued support will be:
- (a) Leicester A46/47 link road
- (b) A447 Hinckley northern perimeter road completion
- (c) A512 Ashby/Loughborough-Coleorton improvement
- (d) A563 Leicester motorway employment area stage 4 Soar Valley way
- (e) A563 Braunstone way underpasses
The A606 Oakham-Langham bypass is included by Leicestershire in its five-year programme of major county highway schemes with a 1998–99 start year. The bid year for TSG would be 1997–98.
1Funding for structural maintenance on bridges and carriageways was also included.