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M54. The Telford Motorway
List of material held in the Northamptonshire CC Record Office

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Document Number Document Description & Author Publisher Date
1 Executive Summary. J.M. Carrington. MAT 1998
2 Telford - M6 Section, Preliminary Report MRCU Mar-70
3 The M54 Telford Motorway (Priorslee to Essington) and connecting roads scheme. Draft statutory line order and plan. DOE Jul-73
4 Extracts from Hansard of Adjournment debate on proposed M54. [Cormack MP and others]. Hansard Dec-73
5 Proposed landscaping and environmental treatment consultation with public Report of Special Advisor. DOE Oct-74
6 Proposed landscaping and environmental treatment. Draft submission on Report of Special Advisor. MRCU Feb-75
7 Landscape and environmental treatment. Decision letter. DOE Jul-75
8 Press Notices. Target population for Telford. Third generation New Towns. DOE Aug-75
9 Letter from S of S (John Silkin) to Chairman Telford D.C. Re population targets. DOE Aug-75
10 Various documents regarding affect of M54 on Chillington Estate (Plans). P.R. Giffard. MRCU DOE Jun-84
11 Side roads and C.P.O.Public Inquiry. Report of Inspector (G.F. Heath). DOE Jul-76
12 Submissions to Secretaries of State on the making of side roads and CPO. DOE Mar-77
13 Press Notice. M54 to be built DOE/DTp Feb-78
14 Summary traffic report. HFA Jul-78
15 Inspector's Report into Side Roads, CPO and Variation Scheme P.I. (Sir Frederick Corfield) DTp Apr-80
16 Inspector's Report into Line Order. (W.G. Onsow) DTp Sep-72
17 Wellington By-Pass, Submission to Made Orders. MRCU Jul-70
18 Advisory Committee of the Landscape Treatment of Trunk Roads. Report on Inspection. (Bruno de Hamel) DTp/LAC Aug-69
19 Decision Letter into Line Order P.I. DTp Aug-73
20 Draft submission to Ministers on making of Line Orders. MRCU Oct-72
21 Report on history of Telford - M6 Section (for opening brochure) SOWP Jun-83
22 Press Article on the development of Telford New Town. (John Young) The Times Mar-76
23 Press Cuttings. Decision on M54. Birmingham Post Aug-73
24 Draft Orders. Connecting Roads Variation Scheme (No.3 ) DTp Jul-80
25 Made Order. Side Roads Variation Scheme (No.3) DTp, HMSO Jul-80
26 Draft Order. Side Roads No.2. DTp, HMSO Jul-80
27 Press Notice. Minister gives Go-Ahead (N. Fowler) DTp, HMSO Nov-80
28 Press Notice. Subsidiary Orders Made. COI Jul-80
29 Paper to Midlands Civils on M54. J.M. Carrington.   Jun-82
30 M54 Newsletter. DTp, T.D.C. Jun-83
31 Forge Junction with Telford Town Centre. Statement of Case. DTp Nov-79
32 Draft Press Notice. Nicholas Ridley opens M54. DTp Nov-83
33 Newspaper Supplements ref Opening of M54. Express & Star Birmingham Post Nov-83
34 Official Opening Brochures. List of Guest Inviations etc. DTp, T.D.C. Nov-83
35 Articles for Express & Star Supplement. Soper/Carrington/others. DTp, SOWP Nov-83
36 Paper Telford Motorway - Planning, Design and Construction. Brant/Rogers/Carrington. I.C.E. Nov-84
37 Contract 3 (Codsall) Construction. J.L. MacPherson. MAT Jun-98
38 Contract 4 Construction. G. Williamson. MAT Jun-98
39 Decision letter into revised side roads C.P.O. and Supplementary Orders. (Routh) DOE Jul-80
40 File of Press Cuttings. All Sections of M54. Express & Star Shropshire Star Birmingham Post Sept 1969 - Dec 1977
41 File of Press Cuttings. All Sections of M54. Express & Star Shropshire Star Birmingham Post Dec 1977 - Sept 1982
42 Official Invitation to Opening of Telford - M6 Section. (Ridley). DTp Nov-83
43 Draft of paper on all statutory processes carried out on M54 (16 No. Schemes and Orders). MRCU Nov-83
44 Telford - M6 Section and Forge I/C. Aerial photographs. SOWP Nov-83
45 Colour Slides (35mm) of construction. Contracts 3 & 4. SOWP 1982/83
46 Construction - Slides. Big Wood Codsall SOWP 82
47 Construction - Slides. Gunstone Farm & Featherstone SOWP 82