HC Deb 10 December 1991 vol 200 cc357-8W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the economic savings from lane rental road maintenance.

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 11991
(a) Stowmarket to A45/A140 junction n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 20,900 22,500
A45/A140 junction to A45/A1156 junction 29,400 29,500 29,600 32,600 33,400 33,200 35,000
A45/A1156 junction to A34/A12 junction 15,800 17,400 22,900 24,300 24,900 24,200 27,000

Mr. Chope

We estimate that lane rental has resulted in traffic delay savings of some £70 million, at a cost in contractors' bonuses of some £13 million, from its introduction in 1984 to the end of 1990, the latest date for which figures are available.