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Trunk Bypasses

Volume 975: debated on Wednesday 12 December 1979

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asked the Minister of Transport how many trunk bypasses to individual villages, towns and cities have been opened to use in each of the past five years; how many are estimated to be opened in each of the following five years; and what would be the total in each year.

The schemes opened whose prime function is to relieve one or more local communities of through-traffic are as follows:

Financial yearNumber of by-pass schemes costing over £0·5 million
1974–758
1975–7620
1976–7719
1977–7812
1978–794
1979–80*5
1980–81*5
* Forecast.
In addition, many sections of longer routes provide effective bypasses to numerous towns and villages. For example, the Godstone to Sevenoaks section of the M25, opened last month, has relieved Oxted, Limpsfield, Westerham, Brasted and Sundridge of through-traffic.Forecasts for years beyond 1980–81 cannot be provided until the current review of the trunk road programme has been completed.