Region: North West
M65. Calder Valley Motorway.
M6/M61 to Whitebirk and Whitebirk to Hyndburn Sections
List of material held in the Lancashire CC Record Office
| ITEM | DESCRIPTION | DATE | AUTHOR/ORIGINATOR |
1 | North East Lancashire Project Study - Final Report'. Investigation into road proposals for NE Lancs including a 'fast route' (M65). (42 pages including maps, diagrams and photos.) | September 1969 | Lancashire County Council |
| 2 | M6/M61 to Burnley Section Route Location & Design' (18 pages including maps). | 2000 | S Coleman Team Leader County Surveyor's Dept |
| 3 | Whitebirk/Hyndburn Public Inquiry Statement of DTp' (66 pages) | November 1980 | Department of Transport |
| 4 | 'Whitebirk to Hyndburn Section' Leaflet giving basic information on the scheme and showing types of bridges. (4 pages including maps and diagrams) | 1983 | Departments of the Environment and Transport Babtie Shaw & Morton |
| 5 | Whitebirk to Hyndburn Section' Leaflet describing the project for visits during construction (4 pages including map, diagram and photos.) | 1984 | Departments of the Environment and Transport Babtie Shaw & Morton |
| 6 | Whitebirk to Hyndburn Section Opening Brochure (4 pages including map, diagram' and photos.) | 19 December 1984 | Department of Transport |
| 7 | 'Calder Valley Route M6/M61 to Hyndburn : Choice of Route' Public Consultation document including Questionnaire) (14 pages plus maps) | 1975 | Department of Environment |
| 8 | Report on the Blackburn Internal Road Network associated with the alternative alignments' (39 pages including maps and diagrams | March 1974 | A D Clark Borough Engineer & Surveyor Blackburn BC |
| 9 | 'Calder Valley Road : Hyndburn to M6/M61. Text of a letter from the Chairman of the County Council to the Secretary of State for.Transport' (3 pages) | 8 November 1977 | Highways & Transportation Committee Lancashire County Council |
| 10 | 'Calder Valley Route : M6/M61 to Whitebirk. Comparison between a scheme to upgrade the existing A59/A677/A6119 route and a new road along the Green B Route' (133 pages) | June 1983 | H L Yeadon County Surveyor & Bridgemaster |
| 11 | 'Calder Valley Route (M65) Study : Economic Assessment'. (14 pages) | 1983 | H L Yeadon County Surveyor & Bridgemaster |
| 12 | 'Letter from the County Surveyor to Mr Den Dover MP'. This followed a meeting which was arranged as a consequence of a major Deputation to the Minister. (5 pages) | 13 January 1984 | H L Yeadon County Surveyor & Bridgemaster |
| 13 | 'M65 Motorway (Bamber Bridge to Whitebirk Section) BlackburnSouthern By-pass' Draft Scheme Publication Stage. Statement Explaining Proposals. | May 1989 | Department of Transport |
| 14 | 'M65 Motorway (Bamber Bridge to Whitebirk Section - Blackburn Southern By-pass). Statement at Public Inquiry'. (56 pages plus maps) | February 1990 | D J Pearce Principal Witness Department of Transport |
| 15 | 'M65 Motorway (Bamber Bridge to Whitebirk Section - Blackburn Southern By-pass). 'Statement on Traffic and Economics at Public Inquiry' (52 pages plus maps and diagrams) | February 1990 | D J Hardcastle Howard Humphreys & Partners Ltd |
| 16 | 'M65 Motorway (Bamber Bridge to Whitebirk Section - Blackburn Southern By-pass). Environmental Assessment' (45 pages plus maps and diagrams) | February 1990 | The Department of Transport |
| 17 | 'M65 Blackburn Southern By-pass; The Early Years'. (7 pages) | March 2000 | J M T Clunas Associate Director/ Project Manager/ Resident Engineer Howard Humphreys& Partners Ltd. |
| 18 | 'M65 Blackburn Southern By-pass; 'The Main and Later Ground Investigation Contracts' ( 3 pages) | April 2001 | J M T Clunas Associate Director/ Project Manager/ Resident Engineer Howard Humphreys& Partners Ltd. |
| 19 | 'M65 Blackburn Southern By-pass; 'Some aspects of the Detailed Design (8 pages)' | April 2001 | J M T Clunas Associate Director/ Project Manager/ Resident Engineer Howard Humphreys& Partners Ltd. |
| 20 | 'M65 Blackburn Southern By-pass; A special supplement campaigning for the completion of East Lancashire's motorway'. (8 pages) | 16 January 1990 | The Telegraph |
| 21 | Leaflet describing the Works. (8 pages including maps | 1994 | Highways Agency Howard Humphreys Tarmac Construction (now Carrilion Construction) |
| 22 | 'M65 Blackburn Southern By-pass Contract 1 : Bamber Bridge to /Riley Green'. Contract 1 details'. (10 pages including maps, drawings and photos.) | 1994 | Highways Agency Howard Humphreys Tarmac Construction (now Carrilion Construction) |
| 23 | 'M65 Blackburn Southern By-pass Riley Green to Whitebirk. Contract 2 details'. (11 pages including maps drawings and photos.) | 1995 | Highways Agency Howard Humphreys Alfred McAlpine/AMEC Joint Venture |
| 24 | 'M65 Blackburn Southern By-pass Junctions 1 to 6: Opening brochure'. (10 pages including maps and photos.) | December 1997 | Highways Agency |
| 25 | 'Aerial photgraphs after completion i) Contract 1: M6 Junction 29 ii) Contract 2: Stanworth Valley' | December 1997 | Howard Humphreys & Partners Ltd |
| 26 | 'North East Lancashire Initiative'. Benefits in locating in NE Lancashire in particular to the significance of M65. (7 pages including maps diagrams and photos.) | 1989 | Lancashire County Council |
| ADDITIONAL ITEMS HELD ELSEWHERE | |||
| ITEM | DESCRIPTION | DATE | LOCATION |
| 1 | North East Lancashire Project Study 1st Interim Report 2nd Interim Report Working papers | ? | County Library |
| 2 | Miscellaneous Items | 1981/83 | County Library |
| 3 | M6/M61 to Hyndburn Deposited plans for choice of route | - | County Library |
| 4 | Whitebirk to Hyndburn - scheme 1981 | - | County Library |
| 5 | 'M65 Calder Valley Motorway Technical appraisal report upon the M6/M61 to Hyndburn section' (4 Volumes) | 1974/75 | J M T Clunas |
| 6 | 'M65 Calder Valley Motorway Prospect Hill to Hyndburn section Preliminary site investigation interpretative report' | ? | J M T Clunas |
| 7 | 'Report on study progress and a programme for future work for the Whitebirk to Feniscowles section' | 1973 | J M T Clunas |
| 8 | 'Deposited documents and drawings M6/M61 to Hyndburn section' | ? | J M T Clunas |
| 9 | 'M65 Calder Valley Route M6/M61 to Hyndburn: Report and recommendations on alternative routes following Public consultation' | ? | J M T Clunas |
| 10 | 'Calder Valley Route: Choice of route from M6/M61 to the east' Including notes of meetings with Mrs Castle MP and Lancashire County Council | ? | J M T Clunas |
| 11 | 'M6/M61 - Hyndburn section: Decision letter' | ? | J M T Clunas |