Road Construction Programme

Mr. Kilfedder
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the major road construction and road improvement projects expected to start in 1977–78 and 1978–79, together with the total cost of each scheme and the cost in the financial year.

Mr. Carter
The major road schemes costing more than £100,000 included in the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment capital works programme for the financial years 1977£78 and 1978£79 are set out below. The estimated expenditure for each financial year for the schemes starting in these years is £8 million and £13·02 million, respectively. The total value of the schemes starting in the respective years is £26·4 million and £14·8 million.SCHEMES PROGRAMMED TO START 1977–78

Category £100,000—£250,000
 B4 Cranny BridgeIrish GateLonemoor Road I, LondonderryCastle Street, Bangor

Category £250,000—£500,00
 Western Development Road (Banbridge)A28/A51 Armagh LinkA2 Main Street (Newcastle)Poleglass Road WorksT3 Eastern Distributor I (Cookstown)C265 Kings Road (Belfast)T7 Caw Roundabout LondonderryPortwilliam Interchange/Harbour Link CarriagewaySydenham By-Pass III and IV Belfast

Category £500,000–£1,000,000
 Steelstown LondonderryA4 Enniskillen ThroughpassA1 Balmoral Junction (Belfast)M1-Grosvenor Road 1st Carriageway

Category over £1,000,000
 T4 Banbridge By-PassOuter Ring East IT3 Dungannon By-PassA26 Dublin Road/Castle Street (Antrim)M5 Greencastle/Rushpark Fill ContractT7 Ballymoney By-PassDunbar Street Link (Belfast)Harbour Square/Strand Road (Londonderry)B102 Stewartstown RoadGlobe Road II (Newtownabbey)

SCHEMES PROGRAMMED TO START 1978–79

Category £100,000–£250,000
 A54 Agivey BridgePatrick Street/Dorans Hill (Newry)A21 Zion Place (Newtownards)Coolhill Development Road (Dungannon)Belfast Road/William Street (Newtownards)

Category £250,000–£500,000
 M1 Grosvenor Road (2nd Carriageway) BelfastEast Link II DundonaldCircular Road/Court Street (Newtownards)A4 Market Street/Meetinghouse Street (Strabane)

Category £500,000–£1,000,000
 M1–M2 Grosvenor Road-York Street Belfast (1st Carriageway)Poleglass Road WorksA2 Belfast Road, CarrickfergusEdward Street/Union Street/Malcolm Road (Lurgan)

Category over£1,000,000
 Outer Ring East II BelfastDurham Street BelfastM2–Great George Street BelfastT4 SheepbridgeM5 Greencastle-Rushpark (Works)A26 Bridge Street/Ballymoney Road (Ballymena)Strabane Throughpass Stage I.