Motorways (Hansard, 23 March 1993)

§ Mr. Peter Ainsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to speed up the introduction of advanced traffic management systems on the M25.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
I have announced today an experimental scheme on a section of the M25 which will introduce advanced traffic management systems with the aims of cutting stress for drivers, speeding up journey times and reducing accidents.

§ Mr. Peter Ainsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what studies he has made of motorway traffic control measures in Germany and the Netherlands; and what conclusions he has drawn from them.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
We have studied with interest the measures introduced in Germany in 1989 on the A5 autobahn approaching Frankfurt and in the Netherlands in 1992 between Utrecht and Amsterdam. These have informed our proposals for an experimental scheme on the M25 which I have announced today.

Mr. William O'Brien
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what distance the M26 runs parallel to another motorway where it joins(a) the M20 and (b) the M25.
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§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
The information is as follows:

(a) The M26 and M20 run broadly parallel over a distance of about 2.8 miles to merge east of Wrotham in Kent.

(b) No part of the M26 runs parallel with another motorway where it joins the M25.