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Mr. Tom Arnold
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the road schemes for which he has responsibility in the Greater Manchester county, and the stage which each has reached.
Mr. Atkins
The information is as follows:
| Scheme | Stage reached | |
| M56 | Widening between junctions 4–6 | Early stage of preparation |
| M62 | Widening between junctions 12–17 | Preferred route announcement soon |
| M62 | Widening between junctions 17–18 | Detailed design nearly complete |
| M62 | Widening between junctions 18–21 | Commission not yet let |
| M62 | Improvements of junction 20 (A627(M)) | Publication of Orders expected Winter 1990–91 |
| M63 | Widening between junctions 7–9 | Early stages of preparation |
| M66 | Manchester Outer Ring road (Denton to Middleton section) | Line fixed. Supplementary Orders and Compulsory Purchase being prepared. |
| Greater Manchester Western and Northern Relief Road | ||
| Section 1, M6 to M56 | Public Consultation completed | |
| Section 2, M56 to M62 | Alternative routes under consideration | |
| Section 3, M62 to M66 | ||
| A6(M) | Stockport North South Bypass | Line fixed. Supplementary Orders being prepared |
| A57 | Mottram, Hollingworth, Tintwistle Bypass | Consultants appointed recently |
| A58 | Wigan Hindley and Westhoughton Bypass | Preferred route announcement soon |
| A580 | Liverpool-Manchester corridor improvements | Early stage of preparation |
Scheme
| Stage reached
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| Manchester Airport Eastern Link Road (M56-A6(M) Link) | Scheme now responsibility of Cheshire, Stockport MB and Manchester MB with section 272 grant |
The Department is also responsible for a number of minor improvement schemes in the area including the A6 Windlehurst road improvement scheme which is due to go out to tender soon.