HC Deb 17 July 2002 vol 389 cc329-31W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the local authority road schemes which have been provisionally accepted by his Department for funding. [70619]

Mr. Jamieson

The following local authority road schemes (listed by region) have been fully or provisionally approved by my Department under the local transport plan process:

North East

Approved:

A689 Sedgefield to Wynyard Improvement (Durham)

South Stockton Link (Stockton-on-Tees)

Provisionally Approved:

  • Eastern Transport Corridor (Darlington)
  • A688 Wheatley Hill to Bowburn Link ,(Durham)
  • A167 Chilton Bypass (Durham)
  • Pegswood Bypass (Northumberland)
  • Scotswood Road Improvement (Newcastle)
  • Southern Radial Route (Sunderland)

North West

Approved:

Manchester/Salford Inner Relief Road (Greater Manchester/ Salford)

Provisionally Approved:

  • Alderley Edge Bypass (Cheshire)
  • Carlisle Northern Development Route (Cumbria)
  • Glossup Spur (Tameside)
  • Hall Lane (Liverpool)
  • Bridgefoot Bypass (Warrington)

Yorkshire/Humber

Approved:

  • Leeds Inner Relief Road Stage 7 (Leeds)
  • East Leeds Link Road (Leeds)
  • Coalfields Link Road Phases 2 & 3 (Barnsley)

Provisionally Approved:

  • A6023 Denaby Main Diversion (Doncaster)
  • Scarborough Integrated Transport Scheme (North Yorkshire)
  • Cudworth Bypass (Barnsley)
  • A57 MI to Todwick Crossroads (Rotherham)
  • West Bawtry Road Improvement (Rotherham)
  • Sheffield Inner Relief Road Phase 2 (Sheffield)
  • Hemsworth—Al Link (Wakefield)
  • Glasshoughton Link Road (Wakefield)

East Midlands

Approved (and open to traffic):

Ashby Bypass (Leicestershire)

A6002/A6007 Coventry Lane Improvement (Nottinghamshire)

Provisionally Approved:

  • A6096 Ilkeston-Awsworth Link (Derbyshire)
  • Markham Employment Growth Zone (Derbyshire)
  • A47 Earl Shilton Bypass (Leicestershire)
  • A607 Rearsby Bypass (Leicestershire)
  • A 158/C541 Coastal Access Improvements (Lincolnshire)
  • A 1073 Improvement (Lincolnshire/Peterborough)
  • A617 Mansfield Ashfield Regeneration Route (Nottinghamshire)
  • A612 Gedling Integrated Transport Scheme (Nottinghamshire)
  • Oakham Bypass (Rutland)

West Midlands

Approved:

  • A53 Hodnet Bypass (Shropshire)
  • Biddulph Bypass (Staffordshire)
  • Bumtwood Bypass (Staffordshire)
  • Wyre Piddle Bypass (Worcestershire)

Provisionally Approved:

  • A38 Selly Oak Link Road (Birmingham)
  • Rugeley Bypass (Staffordshire)
  • Hanley-Bentilee Link (Stoke)
  • Barford Bypass (Warwickshire)
  • Rugby Western Bypass (Warwickshire)
  • A38 Northfield Regeneration Scheme (Birmingham)
  • Owen St. Level Crossing Relief Road (Sandwell)
  • Cradley Heath Town Centre (Sandwell)

Eastern

Approved:

Great Leighs Bypass (Essex)

Broome and Ellingham Bypass (Norfolk)

Provisionally Approved:

  • Ridgmont Bypass and Woburn Link (Bedfordshire)
  • Bedford Western Bypass (Bedfordshire)
  • A1198 Papworth Everard Bypass (Cambridgeshire)
  • A142 Fordham Bypass (Cambridgeshire)
  • Baldock Bypass (Hertfordshire)
  • East Luton Corridor (Luton)
  • Nar-Ouse Regeneration Project (Norfolk)
  • Stowmarket Relief Road (Suffolk)
  • South Lowestoft Relief Road (Suffolk)
  • West Thurrock Riverside Regeneration Scheme (Thurrock)

South East

Provisionally Approved:

  • Stoke Hammond and Linslade Western Bypass (Buckinghamshire)
  • East Kent Access Phase 1 (Kent)
  • A228 Main Road to Ropers Lane (Phase I) (Medway)
  • Bletchley Link (Milton Keynes)
  • M4 J 11 Improvement (Reading)
  • Kiln Lane Link (Surrey)

South West

Approved:

Bridgewater Northern Distributor (Somerset)

Provisionally Approved:

  • A39 Camelford Bypass (Cornwall)
  • Barnstaple Western Bypass (Devon)
  • Poole Harbour Bridge (Poole)
  • N.W. Taunton Package (Somerset)
  • Weymouth Relief Road (Dorset)
  • A350 Semington-Melksham Diversion (Wiltshire)
  • Brunel Link & Harnham Relief Road (Wiltshire).