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Road Construction Programme

Volume 925: debated on Tuesday 1 February 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will provide a list of all major road schemes, with estimated starting dates, at present in the preparation pool.

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 25th January 1977; Vol. 924, c. 580], circulated the following information:

TRUNK ROAD SCHEMES UNDER PREPARATION

Scheme

Estimated start

On 4,500-mile network

M1Berrygrove-Breakspears Widening(b)

*

M3Popham-Compton(b)

*

M3Compton Bassett widening(b)

*

M5Lydiate Ash-Quinton widening(b)

*

M11A120-Stumps Cross(a)

*

M11Cambridge Western Bypass(a)

*

M11Hackney Wick-Green Man(c)
M11Green Man-South Woodford(c)
M12South Woodford-Brentwood(f)
M20West Kingsdown-Wrotham(b)

*

M20Ashford-Sellindge(b)

*

M20Sellindge-Folkestone(b)

*

M20Maidstone-Ashford(c)

*

M23Mitcham-Hooley(f)
M25Runnymede Bridge(a)

*

M25Sevenoaks Interchange(a)

*

M25A13-A12(a)

*

M25Egham-Yeoveney(b)

*

M25Thorpe-Chertsey(b)

*

M25Wisley-Reigate(b)

*

M25Chertsey-Wisley(b)

*

M25M11-A12(b)

*

M25A10-M11(b)

*

M25Yeoveney-Airport Spur(b)
M25Swanley-Sevenoaks(b)

*

M25Airport Spur-M4(c)
M25Micklefleld Green-South Mimms(c)

*

M25M4-Denham(c)

*

M25Denham-Maple Cross(c)

*

M25Dunton Green-Wrotham(a)

*

M27Chilworth-Hedge End(b)

*

M27Havant-Chichester Bypass(c)

*

M40Oxford-Birmingham (Banbury Section)(c)

*

M40Oxford-Birmingham (Warwick Section)(c)

*

M40Waterstock-Banbury(d)

*

M42Tamworth-Water Orton(b)

*

M42Bromsgrove, Umberslade(b)

*

M42Bromsgrove, Alvechurch(b)

*

M42Tamworth-Kingsbury contract(b)

*

M42Tamworth-Polesworth contract(b)

*

M42Bromsgrove, Catshill(b)

*

M42Bromsgrove, Lydiate Ash(b)

*

M42Castle Donnington(f)

*

M54Telford-M6(b)

*

M56Hapsford-Stoak(b)

*

M56Stoak-Interchange(b)

*

M56Stoak-Powey Lane(b)

*

M58Aintree-Skelmersdale(b)

*

M63Stockport East/West Bypass(b)

*

M65Hyndburn-Huncoat Junction(b)

*

M65Huncoat Junction-Burnley(b)

*

M65Whitebirk-Hyndburn(b)

*

M66Manchester Outer Orbital Denton-Middleton(d)

*

M67Denton Relief Road(b)

*

M63/66Manchester Outer Orbital Portwood-Denton(c)

*

A1Redhouse Junction(b)

*

A1Darrington Junction(b)

*

A1Felton Bypass(b)

*

A1Barnsdale Bar Flyover(c)

*

A1Archway Road Improvement(c)
A1Alnwick Bypass(c)

*

A1Belford Bypass(c)

*

A1Berwick Bypass(c)

*

A1Catterick Junctions(c)

*

A1Clifton-Stannington Bridge(d)

*

A1Skellow Cross Roads Flyover(f)

*

A1Junction North of Wetherby(f)

*

A1Baldersby Junction(f)

*

A1Gosforth High Street Diversion(f)

Scheme

Estimated start

On 4,500-mile network

A1(M)Roestock-Stanborough(c)

*

A2Canterbury Bypass(b)

*

A3Burpham-Ladymead Diversion(b)

*

A3Horndean-Petersfield(d)

*

A3Milford Bypass(f)

*

A3Guildford-Petersfield(f)

*

A4Batheaston Bypass(f)

*

A4Saltford Bypass(f)
A5Milton Keynes Diversion(b)
A5Brownhills Junction(c)

*

A5Telford-Shrewsbury(c)

*

A5Shrewsbury-Chirk(c)

*

A6Burton Latimer-Rushden(f)
A6Great Glen Bypass(b)
A6Elstow Bypass(b)
A6Chapel-en-le-Frith Bypass(b)
A6Levens Bridge Diversion(c)

*

A6Silsoe Bypass(c)
A6Barton Bypass(d)
A6Matlock Town Centre(d)
A6(M)Stockport North/South Bypass(c)
A10Southery-South Runcton(b)

*

A10Ely/Littleport Bypass(c)

*

A10Buntingford Bypass(c)
A10Melbourn Bypass(c)
A10Foxton Level Crossing(d)
A11Attleborough Bypass(c)

*

A11Stump Cross-Newmarket(c)

*

A11Newmarket-Cringleford(c)

*

A12Havering-Gallows Corner(c)
A12Chelmsford Bypass(c)

*

A12Kesgrave-Martlesham(f)
A13Mar Dyke-East of Grays(b)

*

A13Lodge Lane Improvement(b)
A13Wennington-Mar Dyke(b)
A13Newham-Newham Way Flyover(b)
A13Dovers Corner to GLC Boundary(c)
A16Kirton Bypass(b)

*

A16Spalding-Gosberton(c)

*

A16Stamford to Grimsby(d)

*

A16Louth Bypass(d)

*

A17Leadenham Bypass(b)

*

A17Heckington Bypass(b)

*

A17Swineshead Bypass(b)

*

A17New Washway Road(b)

*

A17Newark to Swineshead(c)

*

A17West of Kings Lynn to County Boundary(c)

*

A17Cross Keys-Bicker Bar(c)

*

A18Ulceby-Grimsby(b)

*

A18Brigg-Ulceby(b)

*

A19Billingham Diversion(b)

*

A19Riccall and Barlby Bypass(f)
A20Bexley, Sidcup Bypass(c)
A20Folkestone-Dover(c)

*

A23Bolney-Brighton(c)

*

A27Falmer Diversion(b)

*

A27Lewes, South Street Bypass(b)

*

A27Polegate-Pevensey(c)

*

A27Brighton Bypass(c)

*

A27Fontwell Improvement(d)

*

A27Tortington Improvement(d)

*

A27Crossbush Diversion(d)

*

A27Westhampnett Diversion(d)

*

A30Okehampton Bypass(b)

*

A30Billet Bridge-Avondale Road(b)
A30Polstrong-St. Erth(c)

*

A30Exeter-Okehampton(c)

*

A30Bodmin-Camborne Bypass(c)

*

A30St. Erth-Chyandour(c)

*

A30Honiton-Marsh(c)

*

Scheme

Estimated start

On 4,500-mile network

A30Honiton-Exeter(c)

*

A30Lords Waste-Hawks Tor(c)

*

A30Launceston-Bolventor(c)

*

A30Okehampton-Launceston(c)

*

A31Bere Regis Bypass(b)

*

A31Wimborne Bypass(b)

*

A31Ferndown Bypass(c)

*

A34Sandleford Link(a)

*

A34M4-Ashridge Farm(a)

*

A34Popham-Bullington-Kingsworthy(b)

*

A34Grade Separation at Hanford(b)
A34Newbury-Litchfield(b)

*

A34East Ilsey-Chilton(b)

*

A34Stratford-upon-Avon Bypass(f)

*

A35Dorchester Bypass(b)

*

A35Yellowham Hill-Troy Town(c)

*

A35Honiton Link to A30(f)

*

A35Winterborne Abbas Bypass(c)

*

A35Bridport Bypass(d)

*

A35Wilmington Bypass(d)

*

A35Axminster Bypass(d)

*

A35Charmouth Bypass(d)

*

A35Chideock/Morecombelake Bypass(d)

*

A35Tolpuddle/Puddletown Bypass(d)

*

A36Warminster Bypass(d)

*

A38Trethawle Improvement(b)

*

A38Marsh Mills-Manadon(b)

*

A38Manadon-Tamar Bridge(c)

*

A38Saltash-Trerulefoot(d)

*

A38Liskeard-Bodmin(d)

*

A38Alrewas Junction(f)

*

A38Grade Separated Junction at Lichfield Bypass(f)

*

A39Bideford Bypass(b)

*

A39Barnstable Bypass(b)

*

A39Marshgate Diversion(c)
A39Camelford Bypass(f)
A40Ealing, Western Avenue-Greenford Road(a)
A40Ealing, A40-Perivale Lane(b)
A40Hillingdon-West End Road(b)
A40Northleach Bypass(b)

*

A40Gloucester North Bypass(b)

*

A40Witney Bypass-Northleach Bypass(c)

*

A40Northleach Bypass-Gloucester(c)

*

A40Witney-North of Oxford(c)

*

A40Ealing, Western Circus(f)
A40Ealing, Gipsy Corner(f)
A41The Hinstock Bypass(b)

*

A41Berkhamsted Bypass(c)
A41Kings Langley Bypass(c)
A41Newport Bypass(c)

*

A41Improvement at Chester(d)

*

A41A405 Berrygrove Junction(f)

*

A41Hartspring-Brockley(f)
A41Whitchurch Bypass(d)

*

A41Aston Clinton Bypass(f)
A41Aylesbury Inner Relief Road(f)
A43Northampton to Stamford Improvement(f)

*

A43Stamford Relief Road(b)

*

A43Broughton Diversion(c)

*

A43Bulwick Diversion(c)

*

A43A43/A6 Kettering Bypass(c)

*

A45Rougham to Woolpit(a)

*

A45Bickenhill Junction(a)
A45Levington-A1093(e)

*

A45Ipswich Bypass(e)

*

A45Grade Separation at Leamington Turn(e)

*

A45St. Neots Bypass(f)
A45Bury-Rougham(f)

*

A45Haughley-Stowmarket(f)

*

Scheme

Estimated start

On 4,500-mile network

A46Hykeham-Lincoln Improvement(f)

*

A46Painswick Bypass(f)
A46Newark Relief Road(f)

*

A46Batheaston Bypass Stage 2(f)

*

A46Newark to Hykeham(f)

*

A47Uppingham Bypass(b)

*

A47Swaffham Bypass(b)

*

A47Guyhirn Diversion(b)

*

A47Peterborough Soke Parkway(b)

*

A47Acle Bypass(b)

*

A47Peterborough Castor Parkway(c)

*

A47Blofield Bypass(c)

*

A47Kings Lynn-East Dereham(c)

*

A47Wisbech Bypass(e)

*

A47M69/A47 Spur(d)

*

A47Hockering to Easton(e)

*

A47Dereham to Hockering(d)

*

A47Kings Lynn-Peterborough(f)

*

A47Billesdon Bypass(d)

*

A49Ludlow Bypass(a)

*

A49Leominster Bypass(b)

*

A49Brimfield Bypass(b)

*

A49Hunger Hill and Dorrington Improvement(b)

*

A49Tarporley Bypass(c)
A49Ashton Bypass(c)

*

A49Shrewsbury to Whitchurch(c)
A49Hereford to Shrewsbury(f)

*

A50Stoke-Derby Link(c)

*

A51Chester-Tarvin(c)

*

A52Borrowash Bypass Extension(f)

*

A52A614/A52 Junction Improvement(b)

*

A52Barthomley Link to M6(c)
A54Kelsall Bypass(b)

*

A56Haslington Bypass(b)

*

A56Accrington East Bypass(b)

*

A57Worksop South Bypass(c)

*

A57Aston Bypass(c)
A59Bickerstaff-Bretherton 1(c)

*

A59East and West Marton Diversion(c)
A59Commercial Hotel to Crooks House(f)
A59Stoop Hill Plantation(f)
A59Mellor Brook-Whalley(f)
A59Liverpool-Preston Improvement Bickerstaff-Bretherton 2(f)

*

A59Liverpool-Preston Improvement Bretherton-Hutton(f)

*

A59Liverpool-Preston Improvement Preston South Bypass(f)

*

A61Chesterfield IRR 2 and 3(b)
A61Sheffield-Crown Inn(f)
A63South Docks Road-Hull(c)

*

A63Howden West Link(c)
A63Selby Northern Bypass(d)
A64Malton Bypass(a)

*

A64Leeds to Bramham Stage 1(b)
A64Scarborough-Staxton(c)

*

A64Leeds to Bramham Stage 2(c)
A64Scagglethorpe Diversion(c)

*

A64Scagglethorpe to Staxton(e)

*

A64West of Malton Bypass(c)

*

A65Rawlinshaw to Harden Bridge(c)

*

A65Ilkley Bypass(c)
A65Hellifield Improvement(c)

*

A65Skipton-Gargrave Improvement(c)

*

A65Addingham Bypass(d)
A65Draughton and Chelker Diversion(e)
A65Settle and Giggleswick Bypass(d)

*

A65Coniston Cold to Hellifield(f)

*

A66Palliard Bridge to County Boundary(a)

*

A66Bowes Bypass(b)

*

A66Stockton-Thornaby(b)

*

A66Appleby Bypass(b)

*

A66Troutbeck Diversion(b)

*

A66Temple Sowerby-Whinfell House(d)

*

A66Kirk by Thore-Crackenthorpe(d)

*

A66Stainburn Road Diversion(e)

*

Scheme

Estimated start

On 4,500-mile network

A66Workington Bridge-Northside(e)

*

A66Clifton Bypass(e)

*

A66Bowes Bypass-County Boundary(d)

*

A66Scotch Corner to Greta Bridge(e)

*

A69Rosehill to Plains Road(c)

*

A69Greenhead Improvement(b)

*

A69Bardon Mill Bypass(c)

*

A69Brampton Bypass(d)

*

A69Warwick Bridge Bypass(d)

*

A69Haltwhistle Bypass(d)

*

A69Haydon Bridge Bypass(d)

*

A127Rayleigh Weir(c)

*

A127Havering GLC Boundary-Moor Lane(f)

*

A127GLC Boundary to Southend(f)

*

A133Colchester Eastern(b)

*

A168Dishforth Bypass to A1(c)

*

A259Bexhill Old Town Bypass(a)

*

A303Furze Hedge Improvement(b)

*

A303Andover-Amesbury(b)

*

A303Charnage to Mere(c)

*

A303Chicklade Bypass(c)

*

A303Mere-Wincanton(c)

*

A303Ilchester-South Petherton(c)

*

A303South Petherton-Ilminster(c)

*

A303Ilminster-Broadway(c)

*

A303Winterbourne Stoke Bypass(c)

*

A303Compton Pauncefoot-Ilchester(d)

*

A303Broadway-Marsh(d)

*

A339Kingsclere Diversion(d)
A339Basingstoke Northern Bypass(f)
A361North Devon Link, M5-Tiverton(b)

*

A361North Devon Link, Tiverton-Barnstaple(d)

*

A405London Colney to Colney Heath(a)

*

A405Humming Bird-Park Street(a)

*

A406Ealing, Hanger Lane Gyratory(a)
A406Falloden Way, Finchley High Road(c)
A406Golders Green Flyover(c)
A406Great Cambridge Road (A10)(c)
A406Regents Park Road Junction(c)
A406Popes Lane-Western Avenue(c)
A406Hanger Lane-North of Harrow Road(c)
A406East Dysons Road-Hall Lane(f)
A406West of Chingford Road-Hale End Road(f)
A406East Silver Street-East A1010(f)
A406Bounds Green Road(f)
A406South Woodford-Barking Relief Road(e)
A406A406, Wilmer Way(f)
A406A406, Green Lanes(f)
A417Birdlip Bypass(c)

*

A417Barnwood Bypass to Brockworth(f)

*

A417Stratton Bypass(f)

*

A422Alcester-Warwick(f)
A423Maidenhead Thickets-Burchetts Green(b)
A423Southam Bypass(c)
A428Little Houghton Bypass(b)
A446Curdworth Bridges(b)
A449Kidderminster Eastern Bypass(d)

*

A465Llangua Bypass(f)

*

A483Chester Southern Bypass-Welsh Border(c)

*

A483A5 South to Wales(f)

*

A523Macclesfield Inner Relief Road(c)
A523Improvement between Macclesfield and Hazel Grove(f)
A590Arrad Foot Diversion(a)

*

A590Greenodd Diversion(b)

*

A590Diversion Diversion Stage 3(b)

*

A590Meathop to Sampool Bridge(b)

*

A590Diversion High Newton(c)

*

A590Improvement East of Newby Bridge(c)

*

A590Dalton in Furness Bypass(f)

*

A595Thursby to Carlisle(d)
A603Grade Separation at Sandy(f)

*

A604Bar Hill-Godmanchester(b)

*

Scheme

Estimated start

On 4,500-mile network

A616Manchester-Sheffield(d)

*

A629Skipton Bypasses(b)

*

A629Bradford-Skipton Stage 3(c)

*

A646Mytholmroyd-Luddenden Foot(f)
A646Todmqrden-Hebden Bridge(f)
A650Drighlington Bypass(c)

*

A650Bradford-Skipton Stage 1(d)

*

A650Bradford-Skipton Stage 2(d)

*

A657Shipley-Thackley-Leeds(d)

*

A660Otley Bypass(c)
A696Kenton-Ponteland(c)

*

A696Otterburn Bypass(c)

*

A696Ponteland Bypass(d)

*

A696Belsay Bypass(d)

*

A1079Beverley Bypass(b)
A1079Market Weighton Bypass(c)

*

A4235Dorchester Bypass(c)
A5111Ashbourne Road-Allestree Improvement(b)

*

A5111Victory Road-Sinfin Lane(c)

*

M1A1 Link(c)

*

Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 1(c)

*

Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 2(c)

*

Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 3a(d)

*

Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 3b(d)

*

Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 4a(e)

*

Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 4b(e)

*

Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Stage 5(c)

*

Ringway 3 A312-M3 (Sunbury)(f)

Footnote:

The possible start date of schemes depends on many factors including engineering design, statutory procedures, and availability of resources. Any start dates given must therefore be taken as subject to change. They will be advanced wherever circumstances permit.

They are quoted in bands:

  • (a) 1977;
  • (b) 1978 and 1979;
  • (c) 1980–82;
  • (d) 1983–85;
  • (e) After 1985;
  • (f) No start date determined.
  • The schemes on roads included in the 4,500-mile strategic network are marked * .