§ 2005. Mr. SumbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his Department's estimate of the volume of traffic currently using the M62 motorway within the Bury, South constituency; and by how much this traffic will increase by the year(a) 1995, (b) 2000 and (c)
§ Mr. ChopeThe estimate of 1989 average weekday traffic flows on this section of the M62 is as follows:
Motorway link Vehicles per day J15 (A666)—J17 (A56) 139,000 J17 (A56)—J18 (M66) 111,000 J18 (M66)—J19 (A6046) 107,700 We have not yet prepared detailed local traffic forecasts, but an indication of possible weekday demand can be obtained by applying the Department's national road traffic forecasts to the figures given above: