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Mr. Dempsey
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish details of the proposed grants to be allocated to Lanark County Council, for classified road improvement schemes, during the years 1961–62, 1962–63 and 1963–64; and if he will publish details of each scheme.
Mr. Maclay
The allocations which I have notified to the county council, after consultation between its officials and mine, are £111,050 in grant for 1961–62, £163,500 for 1962–63 and £169,950 for 1963–64. These allocations are, of course, provisional and subject to the necessary moneys being voted by Parliament.The schemes to be chosen in 1962–63 and 1963–64 are still subject to review but those on which grant has been authorised in the current year are as follows:
| LANARK COUNTY COUNCIL | ||
| SCHEMES OF MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS OF CLASSIFIED ROADS AUTHORISED IN 1961–62 | ||
| Route | Scheme | Estimated Total Cost £ |
| B.757 | Improvement at Station Road, Muirhead | 24,600 |
| B.804 | Improvement at Gartliston Farm | 28,000 |
| B.7016 | Improvement at Eastshields Bridge | 14,910 |
| Class III | Improvement of railway bridge, Shotts Station | 18,187 |
| Class III | Widening of Class III road between Lesmahagow and Kirkmuirhill | 24,500 |
| Class III | Railway bridge No. 26, Bothwellhaugh Highway | 17,000 |
| Various other schemes each costing less than £10,000 | 68,645 | |
| £195,842 | ||