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Miscellaneous Motorway Documents. Box 1 - Promotion and Policy (1)
List of material held in the Lancashire CC Record Office

ITEMDESCRIPTIONDATEAUTHOR/ORIGINATOR
1

'People & Cities: Lancashire - Roads for the future of Lancashire'
A paper presented to the British Road Federation Conference, together with the author's introduction

January 1965James Drake
2

'Lancashire Needs'
A campaigning document giving some detail of roads promoted by Lancashire County Council including South Lancashire Motorway (became M62), North Liverpool Link to M6 (M58), Blackpool Motorway (M55) and Furness Link to M6 (A590)

c 1967British Road Federation
3

'Road needs in North Lancashire'
Like 2 above, a campaigning document

c 1971British Roads Federation (BRF)
4

'Finance and Roads 1972'
A study of road needs and funding

-British Roads Federation (BRF)
British Industry Roads Campaign
5

'Mid Lancashire Motorway'
A Report on the section of motorway proposed between M6 and M61

1972County Surveyor of Lancashire
Director of Public Works of Wigan
Borough Engineer and Surveyor of Bolton
6

'District Bank Review - The Benefits and Costs of Motorways'
A periodical published by the District Bank

September 1964James Drake
7

'The need for a second North-South motorway'
A report on the need for capacity additional to M6

June 1973Lancashire, Cheshire and Staffordshire County Councils' traffic engineers
8

'The Highway needs of Great Britain'
Papers 6, 7, 9 and 10 at the Institution of Civil Engineers conference

November 1957Lovell, Harding, Brunner, Nicholas and Wilkes
9

'The Highway needs of Great Britain'
Contribution to ICE conference

November 1957James Drake
10

Extract from The Lancashire Evening Post
A press extract reporting James Drake's campaign for more funding for roads

12th October 1960LEP staff
11

Extract from The Guardian
A press extract reporting James Drake's campaign for more funding for roads

12th October 1960Guardian staff
12

'Strategic Plan for the North West - Paper 6, Regional Transportation'
A paper

1973North West Joint Planning Team
13

'Observations by the Lancashire County Council on the Strategic Plan for the North West'
The response to 3 above

1974Lancashire County Council
14

'Freight Facts - 1/80 Road Costs: Do lorries pay their way?'
A paper

1980Freight Transport Association
15

'The Way Ahead - The cost of congestion'
A paper, one of several published under the general heading of "Roads for the 21st century"

c 1987British Roads Federation (BRF)
16

'The Way Ahead - Arguments and Issues'
A paper, one of several published under the general heading of "Roads for the 21st century"

c 1987British Roads Federation (BRF)
17

'Roads Matter - Lancashire, Cheshire and Staffordshire'
A campaigning booklet

Undated but pre-motorwayBRF
18

'New motorways are an investment'
A report on a study tour of continental motorways. Published by BRF

?Alderman Keith Martin
East Sussex County Council
19

'Roads in England'
A report published by HMSO

31st March 1970Minister of Transport
20

'Motorways for Lancashire'
A paper presented to the 5th World Meeting of the International Road Federation

September 1966James Drake
21

'Motorway Progress 20'
One of a series of leaflets

31st October 1969BRF
22

'Transport Policy in the UK'
A consultation document giving comments on government transport policy. Published by HMSO

May 1978Charlesworth, Dalglish, Beesley and Gwilliam