asked the Minister of Transport if he will issue a list of schemes under the road pro
— | Estimated Completion Date | Estimated Total Cost |
£ | ||
Motorways: | ||
North Cheshire Section (Birmingham-Preston Motorway) | August, 1963 | 9,913,000 |
Lancashire Section (Birmingham-Preston Motorway) | June, 1963 | 17,364,000 |
Medway Motor Road | April, 1963 | 13,141,000 |
*Medway Bridge (Mcdway motor road) | April, 1963 | 2,461,000 |
Slough By-pass | April, 1963 | 4,769,000 |
Severn Bridge (substructure) | May, 1963 | 1,753,000 |
Trunk Roads: | ||
A.1—Widening through Girtford, Bedfordshire | October, 1962 | 365,000 |
A.4—Henley's Corner to Cranford Lane, Middlesex | April, 1962 | 236,000 |
A. 13—Widening New Road, Rainham, Essex | October, 1962 | 447,000 |
A.23—Widening between railway bridge and Hooley Lane, Redhill, Surrey | August, 1962 | 128,000 |
A.34—Stafford Boundary to Strongford Bridge, Part IV (Milestone 2½ to Strongford Bridget, Staffs. | October, 1962 | 344,000 |
A.38—Lichfield to Burton, Part II (Alrewas to Wychnor Farm), Staffs. | October, 1962 | 447,000 |
A.38—Lichfield to Burton, Part III (Wychnor Farm to Barton Turn), Staffs. | May, 1962 | 148,000 |
A.59—Northeastwards from Lancashire County Boundary including diversion at Sawley Brow, West Riding | September, 1962 | 214,000 |
A. 1079—Kexby Bridge Diversion, East Riding | December, 1962 | 142,000 |
Classified Roads: Urban Areas: | ||
Watford, St. Alban's Road Railway Bridge (Hertfordshire C.C.) | Summer, 1963 | 270,000 |
Exeter, Inner Relief Road, Section 3 (Exeter C.B.C.) | October, 1962 | 394,000 |
Exeter, High Street, dual carriageways (Exeter C.B.C.) | June, 1961 | 251,000 |
Bristol, Inner Circuit Road, Part 3 (Bristol C.B.C.) | Autumn, 1961 | 276,000 |
Swindon, New Road in Town Centre, Fleming Way (Swindon B.C.) | May, 1963 | 315,000 |
Hull, Elimination of Hessle Road level crossing (Hull C.B.C.) | January, 1963 | 812,000 |
Sheffield, New road west of the Moor (Sheffield C.B.C.) | December, 1961 | 339,000 |
*Birmingham, Coventry Road, underpass at "The Swan", South Yardley (Birmingham C.B.C.) | June, 1964 | 1,172,000 |
Classified Roads: Elsewhere: | ||
A. 129—Construction of Rayleigh Spur Road (Essex C.C.) | May, 1963 | 392,000 |
A.249—Detling By-pass (Kent C.C.) | Summer, 1962 | 369,000 |
Guildford, Quarry Street Relief Road (Surrey C.C.) | February, 1962 | 156,000 |
A.374—Heskyn Hill Diversion (Cornwall C.C.) | October, 1961 | 135,000 |
* Work started during period July-December, 1960, not previously reported. |
asked the Minister of Transport if he will list the schemes, with lengths and particulars of each, authorised or about to be authorised for development of the following ring routes of London, namely, North Circular Road, South Circular Road, North Orbital Road and South Orbital Road.
The following is the reply:
A.406, North Circular Road
Preparation of the following major schemes costing over £¼ million has been authorised.
gramme, costing over £100,000, which were started in the six months ended 30th June, 1961, with estimated completion date and total cost of each.
The schemes are:Brent Cross Flyover—3-tier flyover to provide separate levels for A.406, A.41 and turning traffic.Bowes Road to Great North Way—Duplication of 3½ miles of carriageway.Silver Street diversion—Construction of dual carriageways on new alignment, three-quarters of a mile in length.Detailed consideration is now being given to the standard to which this road is to be improved and the correct order of priority of the further schemes needed.
South Circular Road
This is a classified road for which the London County Council are the improvement authority. No major schemes are planned to start within the next 5 years.
A.405, North Orbital Road
The preparation of the following major scheme has recently been authorized—
Green Lanes to northern intersection of A.1 and A.405—Construction of dual carriageways, improvements of junctions and construction of a subway on one-half mile of road.
A pre-Order survey has recently been authorised to fix the line of the North Orbital Road from the Northern approaches of the Dartford/Purfleet Tunnel to A.12.
South Orbital Road
A pre-Order survey has recently been authorised to fix the line of the South Orbital Road from the Southern approaches of the Dartford/Purfleet Tunnel to A.224.