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Mr. Edwin Wainwright
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.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
The schemes opened whose prime function is to relieve one or more local communities of through-traffic are as follows:
Financial year | Number of by-pass schemes costing over £0·5 million |
1974–75 | 8 |
1975–76 | 20 |
1976–77 | 19 |
1977–78 | 12 |
1978–79 | 4 |
1979–80* | 5 |
1980–81* | 5 |
* Forecast. |