§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out in full the cost-benefit analysis economic justification for the M11 link road.
§ Mr. NorrisThe last full assessment using an adaptation of the Department's COBA method was prepared for the 1987 public inquiry into the link road scheme. The supporting evidence presented to the inquiry is voluminous and so I will send a copy of it direct to the hon. Member.
Following this and other public inquiries and consultation, and in consideration of all the relevant factors, including but not solely the economics of the scheme, the Secretaries of State decided to proceed with the link road. The first of the four main contracts began on 13 September last and it is our intention to let further contracts to complete the link road by the end of 1997.