§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is his policy in respect of the implementation of the Highways Agency scheme for the A63 Melton junction improvement. [78256]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonI have asked the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency, Mr. Lawrie Haynes, to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Norman Baker, dated 24 March 1999:
I have been asked by the Transport Minister, Glenda Jackson, to answer your recent Parliamentary Question about the A63 Melton junction improvement.
The Report which Ministers published in July following the Roads Review, "A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England", said that preparation work would continue on the scheme so that if, after full appraisal and statutory procedures, it were eventually endorsed, it could be taken forward without delay. Ministers announced last December that the next step would be to publish the draft Orders for the scheme in the financial year 2000/01.