HC Deb 01 November 1990 vol 178 c710W
2005. Mr. Sumberg

To 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. Chope

The 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:

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