§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those major road schemes in the local transport settlements for 1999 to 2001 which were(a) provisionally approved and (b) considered 'work in progress', and which have been subsequently (i) approved, (ii) 'provisionally approved' and where there is work still in progress. [81746]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe following are the current classifications for schemes which were "provisionally approved" by Ministers in the local transport settlements between 1999 and 2001. Those marked with an * were originally classified as "work in progress" in a previous settlement.
(i)Approved
The following five schemes are open to traffic:
- Ashby Bypass Stage 2 (Leicestershire)
- A131 Great Leighs Bypass (Essex)
- Manchester/Salford Inner Relief Road (Regent Road/Gore Street) (Manchester/Salford)
- Broome and Ellingham Bypass (Norfolk)
- A6002/A6007 Coventry Lane Improvement (Nottinghamshire)
- A689 Sedgefield to Wynyard Improvement (Durham)
- Semington to Melksham Improvement (Wiltshire)
- Biddulph Inner Bypass (Staffordshire)*
- Bridgwater Northern Distributor (Somerset)
- Burntwood Bypass (Staffordshire)
- Baldock Bypass (Hertfordshire)
- Coalfields Link Road Phases 2 and 3 (Barnsley)
- Scarborough Integrated Transport Scheme (North Yorkshire)
- A53 Hodnet Bypass (Shropshire)
- South Stockton Link (Stockton-on-Tees)
- A6023 Denarby Main Diversion (Doncaster)
Still Provisionally Approved
- A617 Mansfield Ashfield Regeneration Route (Nottinghamshire)
- A507 Ridgmont Bypass and Woburn Link (Bedfordshire)
- Bedford Western Bypass (Bedfordshire)
- Stowmarket B1115 Relief Road (Suffolk)
- A142 Fordham Bypass (Cambridgeshire)
- A4146 Stoke Hammond and Linslade W. Bypass (Buckinghamshire)
- Nar Ouse Regeneration Project (Norfolk)
- South Lowestoft Relief Road (Suffolk)*
- W. Thurrock Regeneration Ring Road (Thurrock)
- A1073 Spalding to Eye Improvement (Lincolnshire/Peterborough)
- A607 Rearsby Bypass (Leicestershire/Leicester City)
- Earl Shilton Bypass (Leicestershire)
- A158/C541 Coastal Access Improvement (Lincolnshire)
- Southern Radial Route (Sunderland)
269W - Eastern Transport Corridor (Darlington)*
- A688 Wheatley Hill to Bowburn Link (Durham)
- A167 Chilton Bypass (Durham)
- Scotswood Road Improvement (Tyne and Wear)
- Carlisle Northern Development Route (Cumbria)*
- Bridgefoot Environmental Enhancement (Warrington)
- Glossop Spur (Tameside)
- Hall Lane Area Improvement Scheme (Liverpool)*
- East Kent Access Phase 1 (Kent)
- Brunel Link and Harnham Relief Road (Wiltshire)
- Barnstaple Western Bypass (Devon)*
- NW Taunton Package (Somerset)
- A39 Camelford Bypass (Cornwall)
- Weymouth Relief Road (Dorset)*
- Rugeley Bypass (Staffordshire)*
- Hanley Bentilee Link (Stoke-On-Trent)*
- Barford Bypass (Warwickshire)
- Cradley Heath Town Centre (Sandwell)
- Rugby Western Bypass (Warwickshire)
- Northfield Regeneration Route (Birmingham)
- Owen Street Relief Road (Sandwell)
- Inner Relief Road—Stages 2 and 3 (Sheffield)*
- Glasshoughton Coalfields Link Road (Wakefield)
- A631 W. Bawtry Road Improvement (Rotherham)*
- Hemsworth—A1 Link Road (Wakefield)
- A1198 Papworth Everard Bypass (Cambridgeshire)
- Markham Employment Growth Zone (Derbyshire)*
- East Corridor South (Luton)
- A612 Gedling ITP Scheme (Nottinghamshire)
- A34 Alderley Edge Bypass (Cheshire)*
- A228 Main Road to Ropers Lane (Phase 1) (Medway)*
- Bletchley Link (Milton Keynes)*
- Junction 11 M4 Improvement Proposals (Reading)
- Poole Bridge Regeneration Initiative (Poole)*
- Selly Oak Relief Road (Birmingham)*
- A628 Cudworth and West Green Bypass (Barnsley)*
- Oakham Bypass (Rutland)*
- A57(T) M1 Junction 31–Todwick Crossroads (Rotherham)
- Pegswood Bypass (Northumberland)
- A6096 Ilkeston Awsworth Link (Derbyshire)*
- Kiln Lane Link (Surrey)*
In addition to the above schemes, the following schemes which were classified as "work In progress" by Ministers in the Transport Settlements between 1999 and 2001
are:
(i)Approved
None
(ii) Still Work In Progress (some have not been resubmitted in subsequent settlement rounds)
- Inner Relief Road (Leeds)
- Cadishead Way (Salford)
- Integrated Transport Scheme (Wigan)
- Roscommon Way Extension (Essex)
- Northern Gateway Stage 2 (North Tyneside)
- Central Route (Sunderland)
- A24 Horsham Capel Improvement (W.Sussex)
- Ashton Northern Bypass (Phase 2) (Tameside)
- A36 Codford-Heytesbury Improvement (Wiltshire)
- A350 Westbury Bypass (Wiltshire)
270W - M6 Heysham Link Road (Lancashire)
- Manchester Ship Canal Crossing (Warrington)
- Newhaven Port Access Road (East Sussex)
- E. Kent Access Phase 2 (Kent)
- A228 Ropers Lane to Grain (Phase 2) (Medway)
- A418 Wing Bypass (Buckinghamshire)
- A33 Interchanges (Reading)
- Wylye Valley Relief Road (Wiltshire)
- A4 Bath Road—Callington Road Link (Bristol)
- Westbury Bypass (Wiltshire)
- Town Centre Transport Package (Walsall)
- City Centre Link (Stoke-On-Trent)
- A244 Cross Thames Transport Corridor (Surrey)
- S. Humber Bank Link Road (Stage 2)
- (N.E. Lincolnshire)
- Birkenhead Town Link Diversion (Wirral)
- Great Yarmouth A47/A149 Link Road (Norfolk)
- N. Gateway Stage 3 (N. Tyneside)
- Tunstall N. Bypass (Stoke-on-Trent)