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54.
Sir W. Wakefield
asked the Minister of Transport if he will state, giving the mileage in respect of each, those motorways or lengths of motorway for which no line had yet been proposed, a draft scheme had been published, a scheme had been made, tenders had been invited, a contract had been placed, which were under construction, and which were in use, respectively, as at 30th April.
Mr. Marples
Following is the information requested:
| Motorways in use | |
| London to Birmingham | 73¾ miles |
| Preston By-pass | 8½ miles |
| Lancaster By-pass | 11½ miles |
| Ross Spur | 20½ miles |
| Maidstone By-pass | 7½ miles |
| Motorways under construction | |
| Birmingham to Preston—viaducts and sections in Staffordshire and Lancashire | 53½ miles |
| Birmingham to Bristol—Part I (Lydiate Ash to Twyning) | 28 miles |
| Stevenage By-pass | 7½ miles |
| Doncaster By-pass | 15 miles |
| Medway Motor Road—Medway Bridge | |
| London—South Wales | |
| Slough By-pass | 5 miles |
| Maidenhead By-pass | 6 miles |
| Severn Bridge | |
| Contract placed | |
| None | |
| Tenders Invited | |
| Birmingham to Preston | |
| North Cheshire section | 15 miles |
| South Cheshire section | 10 miles |
| Medway Motor Road | 25 miles |
| London—South Wales—Chiswick to Langley (Part I) | 2 miles |
| Scheme made | |
| Preston to Lancaster | 13 miles |
| London to Yorkshire—Part II (Crick to Doncaster) | 86 miles |
| Darlington-Barton By-pass | 10 miles |
| London to South Wales Chiswick to Langley | 12 miles |
| Severn Bridge and Approaches | 9½ miles |
| Newport By-pass | 7½ miles |
| Port Talbot By-pass | 5½ miles |
| Midland Links—Dunston to Castle Bromwich | 26 miles |
| Draft Scheme published | |
| Midland Links | |
| Lydiate Ash to Great Barr | 16 miles |
| Castle Bromwich to Catthorpe | 29 miles |
| High Wycombe By-pass | 13 miles |
| Line not yet published | |
| Lancaster to Penrith | 36 miles |
| Penrith By-pass | 6 miles |
| Sheffield-Leeds Spur | 34 miles |
| Lancashire—Yorkshire Motorway | 50 miles |
| Durham Motorway | 21 miles |
| London to South Wales Maidenhead to Almondsbury | 87 miles |
| Crick to Newport | 9 miles |
| Aldenham to Hendon | 8 miles |
| Brighton Radial | 25 miles |
| London to Basingstoke | 24 miles |
| Norwich Radial | 32 miles |
| Ditton By-pass | 5 miles |
| Bristol to Birmingham—Part II (Twyning to East Brent) | 68 miles |