§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the locations and duration of temporary traffic light controls on the Scottish section of the A1 trunk road during the last year, giving the reason for each case.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonTemporary traffic light controls on the A1 in Scotland (approximately 90 m long) during 1990 were as follows:
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Location Duration Description of work Harelawside 2 weeks June/July Road reconstruction Grantshouse 1 day February Road edge repair Renton to Greenwood 11 weeks March/May Construction of metre strips 6 weeks November/December Construction of metre strips Renton 1 week December Earthworks for British Rail Houndwood 2 weeks January Road reconstruction 3 days April Road edge repair 1 day June Road patching 3 weeks October Construction of metre strip Howburn 2 days December British Rail works Heugh Head 21\2 weeks January/February Road reconstruction Reston to Swinewoodmill 13 weeks March/June Construction of metre strips Reston 2 days January Road drainage repairs 1/2 day August Installation of traffic counters 2 days December Road edge repairs Burnmouth 2 days April Road patching/resurfacing 1 day May Road drainage repairs 2 days September Road patching Lamberton/Burnmouth 3 days June Road patching Lamberton 1/2 day February Installation of traffic counters 2 days May Road patching 1 day November Installation of traffic counters
§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many exceptionally large or heavy loads, requiring notification or escort by the police or local authority, were conveyed on the Scottish section of the A1 trunk road in each of the last 12 months.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation on the differing types of exceptionally wide or heavy loads moving annually on the Scottish road network is not held on a centralised data base. Police and bridge authorities are notified in respect of their individual interest. There are many thousands of such notifications per annum on the road network and records for the A1 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The Lothian and Borders police however estimate that the number of exceptional loads on the A1 requiring accompaniment are in the region of 200 per annum.
§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the road juctions with the A1 trunk road in Scotland which are being considered for safety improvement measures.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe first interim report of the A1 steering group has identified measures which could be taken at Coveyheugh junction, Greenwood junction, Knowes Farm Road junction, Huntington Road junction and at Gladsmuir.
The Scottish Office Environment Department is discussing these measures with Borders and Lothian regional councils, my agents for maintaining the A1 trunk road in Scotland, with a view to the early implementation. The measures proposed involve the improvement of signing and road markings.